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The term colonialism is often used interchangeable with imperialism, but colonialism - the conquest and dominance of indigenous people by a foreign nation - can be regarded as a special form of imperialism.1 In the writing of modern history, the usage of the terms imperialism and colonialism is linked to the development of political and economic power overseas, and to the formation of capitalism. Imperialism, in a broad definition can be defined as the superior …

…and Bombay.8 Therefore, the direct political and economic power control came from a small English minority who ruled the country for two hundred years, rather than the number of European who were established in the continent itself. 9In sum, colonialism in India was most prominent - not through settlement by the British colonial master - but rather through direct economic and political control by a small elite minatory located some 12 thousand miles away in London.