Do Britons feel guilty for Indians?

Do British people feel guilty for what they had done to Indians?

As a British person myself, with a good knowledge of history, I can tell you that the only thing British people today generally feel bad about is Britain and its rapid decline and de-industrialisation during the last forty years. Not many think too much about any historical acts it has undertaken. 

 Sadly, our society has been dumbed-down to the extent that most young British people today aren't even aware of its former empire. How then, could they feel guilty about something they aren't even aware of?

In the history of the world's present civilisation, the epoch of empire building seems to have been a natural part of its evolution. Many centres of civilisation that became powerful enough to exploit other countries did so. 

Greece, Rome, the Byzantine Empire, The Ottoman Empire, Mongolia, and so on up to the British, Spanish and Austro-Hungarian empires. We don't live in that era now, and we are longer limited in our mindset as they were. 

They were simple and ignorant, but today we are not. Today, we are more knowledgeable and aware. It is wrong to use our present day knowledge and awareness to judge people of an earlier age who did not have it. 

However, this does not excuse the atrocities committed by British forces during the 20th century, but again, it is not right or helpful to hold present generations responsible for those acts either.

The world is as it is today because of things that happened before we were born and which we had no control over. No-one should feel guilt or resentment for things they did not do and cannot change. There is never any justification for that. 

Instead we should look at what is happening in the world today, how we treat each other today, and what our situation is today and try to make the best of it.

If you compare India and Britain today, India is much more powerful and successful than little, broken Britain. I can tell you that many British people are depressed because of the sorry state that Britain is in.

 And I can also tell you that of those British people who are aware of the atrocities carried out about by British forces during the 20th century, there is no question that this is viewed (and taught in schools) as being entirely wrong and shameful.