"Thousands were sent to British run concentration camps during the Boer wars. Churchill summed up his time in South Africa by saying “it was great fun galloping about”."
In 1943, up to four million Bengalis starved to death when the Indian states set trade restrictions with Bengal. That was one of the policies that was outside the Raj, as was the resulting profiteering. They did so after the fall of Burma at a time when Bengal was suffering an unprecedented series of natural disasters.
> Indian states set trade restrictions with Bengal. That was one of the policies that was outside the Raj
You mean the British administration resorted to scorched earth denial policies fearing the Japanese advance. It was literally Raj policy.
> Bengal was suffering an unprecedented series of natural disasters.
And the British response to the natural disasters was continuing to redirect supplies to military and refusing to allow shipping of humanitarian aid. Churchill's response to news of the famine was ask why Gandhi hadn't died yet.
> Facts can be inconvenient sometimes.
Like the fact that India repeatedly suffered famines under British rule but there hasn't been a famine since Independence?
India of British rule is now three countries, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Combine the three and there have been numerous famines since independence. Course that doesn't fit your agenda.
Facts can be inconvenient sometimes.