BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN INDIA

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BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
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EAST INDIA COMPANY

• SET UP TRADING POSTS IN INDIA IN 1600S
• BY 1707 MUGHAL DYNASTY COLLAPSED
• 1757 ROBERT CLIVE BEAT INDIANS AT BATTLE OF
  PLASSEY
• EAST INDIA COMPANY RULED INDIA
• HAD OWN ARMY

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INDIA

• BRITIAN WORLDS WORKSHOP
• INDIA MAJOR SUPPLIER FOR THAT WORKSHOP
• JEWEL IN THE BRITISH IMPERIAL CROWN
• NO COMPETETION FROM INDIA
• HAD TO BUY BRITISH GOODS
• RAW MATERIALS TEA, INDIGO, COFFEE, COTTON ,
  JUTE, AND OPIUM

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INDIA POSITIVES

• BRITISH CONSTRUCTED RAILROADS, TELEGRAPHS,
  TELEPHONES, DAMS, BRIDGES, AND IRRIGATION CANALS
• SANITATION AND HEALTH IMPROVED

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INDIA POSITIVES

• SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOUNDED
• LETERACY INCREASED
• PUT AN END TO LOCAL WARFARE

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INDIA NEGATIVES

• BRITISH HAD ALL ECONOMIC AND POLITICALPOWER
• CASH CROPS SUCH AS COTTON LED TO LOSS OF
  SELF-SUFICIENCY FOR MANY VILLAGES
• FAMINES IN LATE 1800S

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INDIANS REBEL

• RESENTED BRITISH ATTEMT TO CONVERT
• RESENTED RACISM
• RESENTED CONTROL IN GENERAL

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INDIANS REBEL

• 1857 SEPOY REBELLION
• SEPOYS WERE INDIAN SOLDIERS HIRED BY EAST INDIAN
  COMPANY
• SIKHS SUPPORTED ENGLISH
• HINDUS AND MOSLEMS DIVIDED

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BRITISH RAJ

• 1858 BRITISH GOV, TOOK OVER
• RAJ MEANS BRIT. RULE
• CONTROLLED 250 DISTRICTS

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FATHER OF MODERN INDIA

• RAM MOHUN ROY 1772-1833
• CALLED FOR REFORMS IN INDIAN LIFE
• WIDOW SUICIDE
• CHILD MARRIAGE
• CASTE SYSTEM

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NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS

• 1885 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
• 1906 MUSLIM LEAGUE