political relationship between The United Kingdom and British Controlled India that would create the long lasting tension between the groups and would eventually lead to India’s independence. The British East India Company‚ originally known as The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies‚ was unique in the fact that it was the only corporation to ever rule a nation. (Landow‚ “The British East India Company”). The corporation received its start on December 31st 1600 when a
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April 22‚ 2010 Indian Independence India‚ in the 18th century was ruled by the British for two centuries. The Indians wanted freedom from the British. British looted and caused fights in India and treated them with no respect. The Indian Independence was caused by British Imperialism. The British wanted to take over India‚ but India wanted freedom as well since it’s their country not the British. Although politics and nationalism were important causes of the Indian Independence Movement
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Name______________________________________ Per____ Date_____________________ UNIT IV 1750-1914 Chapter 24- Africa‚ India‚ and the New British Empire‚ 1750-1870 Directions: Using complete sentences‚ answer the following questions. Use the question as the stem of your response. Page numbers are provided. 1. What was the most powerful and feared fighters in southern Africa? P.625 2. How did Muhammad Ali pay for the experts and imports when he attempted to modernize the country? p.628 3. Despite the
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Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Context: Once England colonised India‚ there was a lot of hostility‚ which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny. What sparked the rebellion however was when‚ new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed
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in government is India. The movement in India was led by Mohandas Gandhi. The desire for a change in government could potentially have negative and positive impacts. Mohandas Gandhi was the leader of civil disobedience in India. Before the independence movement in India began‚ India was a British Colony since the 1760s. Prior to British imperialism and colonialism in India‚ many Indians hand craft their tools and clothes for survival. Since the British took over most of India due to the British’s
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War of Independence was a turning point in the history of Britain in India. However‚ whether this lead to the formation of the British Raj‚ will be explicitly explored in this essay. The East India Company traded in cotton‚ silk‚ tea and opium. They won over Bengal after gaining victory in the Battle of Plassey in 1757‚ under Robert Clive. The East India Company functioned as the military authority in growing sections of India‚ as well. By 1770‚ heavy taxation and other policies had left millions
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high ranked official in the British system of government. The East India company passed many policies that pushed former elites and princes down the social hierarchy. One such policy passed by Lord Dalhousie‚ was the Doctrine of Lapse . This Doctrine was passed in 1848 and stated that the East India Company will control the territories of kings who don’t have a natural heir to their throne (“Doctrine of Lapse….”). The East India Company also gained export rights such as‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewelry‚ spices
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rulers trying to get out of the policies they were tied with the East India Company; the Indian community outraged with the English intervention in their religion as well as the Indian soldiers who were offended by The use of animal fat in the New Enfield Rifle. Facts and books are mostly used to evaluate the causes and effects of the Sepoy Mutiny. Two of the sources used in this essay‚ The history of India by John McLeod and India A history by John Keay are than evaluated for their origins‚ purposes
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which occurred in 1857‚ was the consequence of a number of problems that had arisen as a result of the British occupation of India. It began as a mutiny of the sepoys‚ a class of soldiers. However‚ it soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions in the northern and central parts of India. The British occupation caused political‚ economic and cultural problems in India. This led to disharmony between the two sides. Political forces were a main cause of the Indian Mutiny‚ that were through
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killing Nathoo and two of Brydon’s men. Mowgli is lost in the confusion and assumed dead. Bagheera the panther brings Mowgli to a wolf pack who adopts him and Mowgli then befriends a bear club named Baloo. Years later Kitty and her father return to India and at first she doesn’t recognize Mowgli‚ but then Kitty recognizes the bracelet she gave them when they were children. Boone‚ Kitty’s husband-to-be‚ throws Mowgli in prison and Kitty and Brydon decide they must teach Mowgli the ways of man. Kitty
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