tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post4432522134932173140..comments2024-03-04T22:54:13.447+05:30Comments on Remains of the Day: Indian EnglishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-39154532258858583912013-12-14T22:45:16.709+05:302013-12-14T22:45:16.709+05:30One small correction. India was not Britain's ...One small correction. India was not Britain's colony for many centuries. If you take Battle of Plassey (1757) to independence, it was 190 years. That is all. Of these, English really came in only around 1835, with Macaulay Minute. Just a bit more than a century.Sriram Naganathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103728755562734503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-87100503987645009192013-12-14T22:44:24.398+05:302013-12-14T22:44:24.398+05:30One small correction. India was not Britain's ...One small correction. India was not Britain's colony for many centuries. If you take Battle of Plassey (1757) to independence, it was 190 years. That is all. Of these, English really came in only around 1835, with Macaulay Minute. Just a bit more than a century. Sriram Naganathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103728755562734503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-41547078681318403722013-12-08T08:07:29.384+05:302013-12-08T08:07:29.384+05:30My biggest surprise has been the pronunciation of,...My biggest surprise has been the pronunciation of, ironically, England; Not like ing-land but eng-lend.Birlanoreply@blogger.com