How did Great Britain have so much power and influence considering how small it is? How did they manage to colonise the entirety of India so easily?

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How did Great Britain have so much power and influence considering how small it is? How did they manage to colonise the entirety of India so easily?

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The British were masters of putting an oppressed minority in charge and supporting them. That way the hatred wasn’t aimed at the British, but the oppressive minority that was now in charge. We are still feeling the effects of that around the world.
They also had the best Navy in the world for a long time. A british Admiral once said “The British Army should be a projectile fired by the British Navy”