British imperialism had a negative impact on the economy of India because the British did not care for the environment and they were the only ones who benefited from the trade. Lalvani claims that the British protected the environment. Yet document 7 illustrates that the growing of cash crops made the farmland unfit for growing food crops. The result of this is that many Indians were affected by a widespread hunger and leading to thousands of cases of starvation. Lalvani also claims that both nations benefited from the trade links, however hand woven fabric exports from Bengal to Britain fell by half in a 20 year time period (Doc 6). The results of this happening was Indians experienced massive poverty and thus leading to a famine because they