The British rule in India is marked by plunder and penchant for dividing the people on religious lines.

It is clear like day light that they promoted cow slaughter knowing well the existing reality of India. This has been documented in good measures.

I am giving an excerpt from the preface of the book The British Origin of Cow-Slaughter in India authored by Dharampal and T M Mukundan, published by the Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas:

'Before they came to India, Asian Muslim immigrants diet consisted of eating some type of bread with flesh of sheep, goat and camel. On festive and religious occasions (esp. Bakri Id) Islamic tradition prescribed killing and eating of goat, sheep and when there were seven or more to share the feast a camel was sacrificed.'

'In India, with time the slaughter of camel was replaced with cow. Later on, as there was natural animosity between Indian people and Islamic conquerors, the latter at times to humiliate local sentiments, began to kill the cow to show the conqueror's power. Political necessity induced many Muslim kings at various times to forbid cow slaughter.'

'It can be reasonably assumed that there was very little cow killing after about 1700 AD since the domination of Islam waned and converts to Islam did not take to eating of cow flesh.'

'State-sponsored and State-regulated slaughter of cattle would have started, depending on British military requirement, some time after 1750 AD. This required professional butchers. Such butchers could to an extent be had from the Muslim communities who engaged in such tasks or such persons /communities who could be persuaded to become butchers of cattle.'