Simple village self-sufficiency, governed by duty to people's welfare, reflects God's natural design for human contentment.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...with some Indian wife they were called Eurasian, and Englishman marrying Indian wife, they were called Anglo-Indian. There was a big Anglo-Indian community, and they were given good facilities by the Britishers for government jobs, railways. In railway, almost cent per cent. The driver, the guard, the ticket inspector, all—means, semi-important jobs—they were all given to these Anglo-Indians.
Because they were not very much educated. And officers, they were all Britishers. Officers, secretaries. And Indians were clerks.
[laughs] Indians, they were accepted as clerks only. No officers. In military, Indian Sikhs and Gurkha, especially Sikhs, they were very valiant. Still they are valiant.
They were given the post of captain. Not general. General all Englishmen. Caraṇāravindam: I have seen many Sikh soldiers. They're very big.
They're very noble looking soldiers. Prabhupāda: They're very martial race. Practically, the Britishers expanded their empire with these Sikh soldiers and Gurkha soldiers. Hari-śauri: The Gurkha, they're very... Caraṇāravindam: And Nepalese soldiers. Prabhupāda: Nepalese. They are very brave. Hari-śauri: Yes, they're very renowned. Prabhupāda: Sikhs are very brave.
They're martial. And another martial race, Jats. They are kṣatriyas. Oh, they can fight.
When Britishers possessed India they organized this military with Sikhs especially, Jats, and Gurkhas. And they expanded their empire—Burma, Ceylon, Africa, all these British Empire possessions. And not only that, they fought two big world wars with these Sikhs soldiers. They conquered over this Mesopotamia, Middle East. Caraṇāravindam: They worked so hard.