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British Imperialism in IndiaBritish Imperialism in India
What was the British Raj and why did it form?
Economic Imperialism in India
• 1600: British East India Company begins sets up trading posts in India
• India’s ruling Mughal Dynasty keeps European traders under control
• 1757: Mughal Dynasty starts to collapse
• B.E.I.C’s troops attack remaining Mughal troops in the Battle of Plassey & take control of India
• Sepoys (Indian soldiers) join BEIC
• India is “Jewel in the Crown” (main supplier of raw material to Britain)
• 1850s: Sepoys discover rifles were greased w/ pork & beef fat
•1857: Sepoys rebel against the B.E.I.C. – Sepoy Mutiny (Rebellion)
• Indian Muslims and Hindus would not unite together & British Govt (with the help of Indian Sikhs) steps in to help BEIC
BEIC
British modernized India with telephone, roads, sanitation
British relied on cash crops so there was not as much food
Schools & colleges were founded and literacy increased
More missionaries and racist British officials threatened India’s culture
Positive points of British
Colonization
Negative points of British Colonization
British built the world’s third largest railroad system
British hold all of the economic & political power
• As a result of the Sepoy Mutiny, British Gov. takes direct control of India (colony)
• This period is known as the British Raj
• 1900: Ram Mohun Roy states Indians need to work together or will be forever ruled by Brits
• 1905: British partition Bengal, to keep Muslim & Hindus separate & disunited