There was simply no need to industrialize in India. In addition, the British invasion and colonization of India did not help industrialization efforts, and although a few scattered factories surfaced, India could not industrialize. China had very similar reasons for not industrializing as India.
Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who has played Bran since Season 1, is currently 17 years old. Wright and the other child actors on Game of Thrones have continued to age at the same rate that everyone must biologically age at due to science, making it impossible for the characters themselves to age at the rate implied in the books.
Did you tune into this week's Game of Thrones and think, Who is that gentleman playing Young Ned Stark?. You're not alone. He didn't look familiar, but we had to know what his deal is. Turns out he's an English actor named Robert Aramayo who recently graduated from Juilliard School. As if graduating then booking a gig on Game of Thrones isn't enough, he's also appearing in Tom Ford's next film, titled Nocturnal Animals and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams.