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Why do many historians refers to modern period as colonial?


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Many historians refer to the modem period as colonial because, under British rule, people were not having freedom, equality, or liberty. These are the basic symbols of modernity.

When the subjugation of one country by another leads to these kinds of political, economic, social and cultural changes, we refer to the process as colonisation


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