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The British colonized the sub continent because it was rich in Natural Resources and had the manpower to work the industries the British established there or enhanced. Several products in the sub continent such as tea, cotton, and mineral wealth all helped to enrich the British Empire and make it, for a time, the most powerful nation in the world.

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