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British in India, pt. 2
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After the Sepoy Rebellion
• Britain took control of India from the East India Company.
• Parliament placed India directly under the British crown.
• Britain sent troops to India and taxed Indians to pay for them.
• Indians were angered at how Britain extracted great wealth from India.
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Raj System
• System of colonial rule set up by British Parliament• A British Viceroy ruled in the name of the Queen• What is a Viceroy?
• Highest positions in the Raj system were held by British• Indians held lower posts
• India became the “crown jewel” of Britain’s global empire
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British Benefits
• Revised legal system• Promoted justice and equality regardless of
caste
• Railway and Telegraph Lines• Indians could travel more efficiently and unite
more readily
• Upper-class Indians benefitted the most• British education system, princes and land-
owners grew wealthy from trade
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British Attitudes
• Felt they were helping India modernize• Policies mostly benefited the British though
• EX: • Britain crushed India’s textile industry• Britain encouraged growing cash crops, this
led to deforestation, food shortages, and famine
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Indian’s Attitude toward British
•Divided:• Upper-class and educated Indians
adopted more modern ways brought by the British.• Hindu and Muslim religious leaders
opposed British-style modernization.
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Indian’s Attitude toward British
• Ram Mohun Roy• Tried to combine the old and the new ways of life• He founded Hindu College, which provided an
English- style education. He saw the need to reform practices such as sati, castes, child marriages, and purdah.
• Roy saw the value of European ideas and reform, but he wanted to preserve Indian culture as well.
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British Attitudes Divided as Well
• As Indian classics were translated, many Englishmen gained respect for Indian literature and religious ideas.
• Paternalistic English leaders such as historian Thomas Macaulay had little respect for other cultural traditions.
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Indian Reactions
• British leaders provided promising young Indians with a British education• Thought this would lead them to accept British culture and
rule
• Instead, educated Indians returned home and began nationalistic movements• The Indian National Congress formed in 1885 to propose
self-rule within the British Empire.
• Muslims feared that Hindus might dominate any government. In 1906, they founded the Muslim League and soon began talking about a separate Muslim state.
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Life in India Stations Activity