British+in+India

British Imperialists started to colonize different parts of India during the early 1800's. They wanted to colonize India for reasons such as land, natural resources such as tea, silk and jewelry like diamonds and gold. The colonization occurred during the industrial revolution so other reasons were for cheap labour from the people. Great Britain started to maintain a presence in India and surrounding area's like Pakistan, Bangladesh and all of Burma in 1858 until 1947. The British Raj or British India was made up of two states, those under rules of the Queen Monarch of Great Britain, the other ruled by the Indian prince under rule of the Queen Monarch.

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emperor Jahangir to about setting up the east Indian trading company. The Emperor was a rich man and refused Thomas, but he was persistent and recognized that the emperor had not given the British any respect because they were to accommodating, Thomas sensed this and was a harder man and was given permission to establish The East Indian Trading Company.=====

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 * 1757**- the British win many victories and gain land at the Battle of Plassey, where the British gained dominance, after the mogul empire collapsed thirty-seven years prior, the British Finally gain the upper hand and start taking land for the Monarch of Great Britain.
 * 1800**- the Raj enters meaning that British rule in India is final.The East Indian Company strengthens it's ties with the Indian people, forming an Anglo-Indian society, in the past decade, various European monarchs have been kicked out of India or have signed treaties with Britain declaring their leave of India.

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 * 1857**-The general uprising of the native population called Sepoys who were under British rule and turned on them, because the British captains gave the Indian soldiers no respect, harsh orders, and refused to acknowledge the Religion and culture. The uprising started because the Sepoys were treated unfairly and the British crossed the line when they started using pig and cow fat for lubrication on the guns, the Sepoys didn't like this and started the Sepoy uprising in May 1857. About 6000 of the 140,000 Sepoys remained loyal to the British. Britain ordered more troops and eventually put down the Sepoy rebellion resulting in the massacre of Sepoy troops that laid down arms, and the annihilation of the city of Deli, using merciless tactics to restore order.=====
 * 1858** - After the Sepoy uprising in 1857, The Government of India Act was instituted, which abolished the East India Company's rule over the country and the British Monarch got possession of all the company's territories in India; and established a force there and later built universities. This started a new period of India's history where there was more British involvement, the first university was the university of Bombay built in 1857 right after the Sepoys uprising.


 * 1867**-Queen Victoria is named Empress of India, and declared ruler of India. India later gains it's independence on August 15, 1947. British rules was peaceful until the end of the 19th century when lord Curzon became Viceroy in 1898 and instituted some very unpopular policies, starting the Indian Nationalist movement.

**Positive and Negative Impacts of British Imperialism in India:**
oppressed || Monarch was in charge. || on different topics, and taught them English || Religion that was not Christianity was not tolerated until after the Sepoy uprising in 1857 || and railway systems || Took as much gold, diamonds and spices as they possibly could || trading of Indian goods around the world. Had 22% of the world's GDP || Ordered them to work harder to create more goods, then sold the materials and took all their hard earned money. When the Brits left, its world GDP was 2% ||
 * **DIMENSIONS** || **POSITIVE** || **NEGATIVE** ||
 * Population: || Unified the people of India more || The people felt as if they were not free and felt
 * Political Autonomy: || The idea of democracy was given || Indians did not have a say in politics and the British
 * Culture and Language: || The British showed the Indians new perspectives
 * Land and Resources || Improved irrigation network and built roads, bridges
 * Economic Well-Being || The Economy was flourishing because of all the

Pros and Cons of British Rule of India:
and railways || Taxed Indians for Salt || networks || Forced culture and dominance on the Indians. || to the Country. || Enslaved and Tortured some Indians for no reason sometimes ||
 * **PROS** || **CONS** ||
 * The British Constructed roads, bridges,
 * Improved agriculture with large irrigation
 * Instituted Law and Order (Constitution)
 * Gave the idea of Democracy || Racism was widespread ||
 * Gave the Indians a better Education ||  ||
 * They made India more united ||  ||
 * Almost no Famine at the time ||  ||

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1689, 15 February. "History of Bombay under British Rule." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. .