I do not agree to the missionary propaganda that there was no civilization in India before their arrival. The Indian sub-continent had a civilized life (Harappa, Mohon-jo-daro, etc) when most of the other continents were still in the Stone Age. The period of Chandra Gupta Maurya is known as The Golden Period of Indian history and that pre-dates Christianity. The University at Nalanda and Taxshila were famous the world over. The invaders (both European colonisers and Islamic) had their own agenda. It is a different matter that the Mogul Rulers stayed back in India and contributed to our Culture. The European colonisers were only interested in amassing as much wealth as possible and transfer to their own countries. Whatever they had done in Indian sub-continent was for the furtherance of their intrest (be it laying of Railway lines or English education for the natives).
Our country was under subjucation for nearly 900 years and that hampered any real development in the fields of Science and technology. Still our Country has produced great scientists like Dr. Har Gobind Khorana and Dr. C.V. Raman. We have achieved self-sufficiency in many fields (including space science). The real progress in our country started after the economic liberalisation of the early 1990s. May be in another two decades or so, we will also be able to compete with the developed countries.
