I dont think his statement is illogical. What Rajesh is saying is that UK brought English to India. If they hadn't then it would have taken longer for English to come to India. If it wasn't for UK, then the muslim invaders would have played more havoc in India. We have to thank Britain (despite its bloody exploitation), that they did save the non-Muslims. Furthermore, What he is saying is that England formed India. India isn't a natural construct, hence if we become a powerful nation, it started off with the UK uniting us but of course, its still our hard work. If UK hadn't united us, then neither would we have united nor been reaching our level of success now. Sure, there would be some Indian Kingdoms that would have done well, I am sure the Tamil kingdom, which had largely resisted muslim invaders would have done ok, but not at the level of untied India. Think about it before you write Rajesh's comment off.
