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British Imperialism in India

British Imperialism in India. “The sun never sets on the British Empire” http://www.friesian.com/british.htm. John Bull as Octopus of Imperialism (1888). India: 18c-early 19c. Mughal Empire was collapsing… 1757 – Robert Clive led British victory at the Battle of Plassey. The British

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British Imperialism in India

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  1. British Imperialism in India “The sun never sets on the British Empire” http://www.friesian.com/british.htm

  2. John Bull as Octopus of Imperialism (1888)

  3. India: 18c-early 19c

  4. Mughal Empire was collapsing… 1757 – Robert Clive led British victory at the Battle of Plassey

  5. The British East India Company: 1600 - 1857

  6. A Life of Leisure!

  7. Coffee House in mid-19c British India

  8. Lady Curzon, 1904 Br. Viceroy’s Daughter: Simla, 1863

  9. Living Like a Maharajah

  10. Imperial Distractions: Clubs

  11. Indians as Servants

  12. Who were sepoys? Indian soldiers in the army of the East India Co. Led by British army officers The sepoy army was “ a delicate and dangerous machine, which a little mismanagement may easily turn against us” ~governor of Bombay

  13. Why was India the “jewel in the crown”? Most valuable colony Supplied raw materials Large potential market for goods

  14. How did the British prevent the Indian economy from operating on its own?

  15. What were the negatives of British colonialism for India?

  16. What were the positives of British colonialism for India?

  17. Bengal Medical Service, 1860

  18. Darjeeling Railroad, 1880s

  19. What caused the Sepoy Mutiny?

  20. Areas of the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857

  21. What happened as a result of the mutiny? Execution of Sepoys:“The Devil’s Wind”

  22. Sikhs – Bengal Cavalry of the British Army

  23. 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 1889

  24. 1877: Queen Victoria Becomes “Empress of India”

  25. Queen Victoria in India

  26. How did Ram Mohun Roy, the “Father of Modern India”, want to modernize India? Move away from traditional ideas & practices Wanted to end rigid caste system & arranged marriages Adopt Western ways Why did nationalist feelings start to surface in India? Indians hated being 2nd class citizens in own country!

  27. What two nationalist groups emerged in India? Indian National Congress (1885) Muslim League (1906) What were their main ideas and concerns? Called for self- government swaraj = “independence”

  28. Jawaharlal nehru 1889 - 1964

  29. Mohammed Ali Jinnah 1876 - 1948

  30. Why did the British divide or partition Bengal? Province was too large to manage Divided into Hindu section & Muslim section Terrorism broke out – had to “re-partition” India

  31. Pre-Partition

  32. Partition!

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