[mibes]

> I would guess that the British Army et al. killed at least as many people in India as were burned alive as part of funerary rites.

Interesting. What is this based on? When it comes to killings done by the British forces in India one of the most renowned, bloody and regrettable incidents in colonial history in India was the Massacre of Amritsar where British forces lost control and fired on a crowd of protesters. This resulted in around 400 deaths (many more injured). The reason this was such an infamous event is because of how uncharacteristic it was of British rule in India.

[donall]

Like I said, it's a guess. I don't have firm numbers and I'm speculating. Aside from incidents like the one you described, I'm taking into account Wellington's military campaigns, which involved large-scale battles and entire kingdoms being conquered and subjugated. We are certainly talking about a death toll in the tens of thousands.

[lurk2]

> Lost control

Dyer gave explicit orders to fire into the crowd.

[mibes]

That sounds like loosing control of a protest to me

[lurk2]

They did not lose control of a protest. The Indians were not permitted to assemble. When it was discovered that an assembly was meeting, the British entered the square where the assembly occurred and massacred those present.

[hermitcrab]

And many of those present were women and children.