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History of India

History of India. Arrival of the British . The East Indian Trading Company was an a group of English merchants that Queen Elizabeth gave the rights to trade in India and East and Southeast Asia

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History of India

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  1. History of India

  2. Arrival of the British • The East Indian Trading Company was an a group of English merchants that Queen Elizabeth gave the rights to trade in India and East and Southeast Asia • Some of the products that were shipped from India to England were spices, tea, cotton, silk, indigo, sugar and saltpeter • Great Britain brought railroads and steam trains to India • The East India Trading Company led to Great Britain ruling the region with immense power.

  3. India’s Neighbors and Great Britain • Great Britain took possession of Sri Lanka in 1796 • Maldives also came under British possession • Afghanistan, Nepal and Bhutan were protected from colonization by mountainous frontiers

  4. Making India British • Britain influenced Indian society with new technology such as railroads, telegraph, steamships. • Also, new methods of irrigation, a legal system, and laws regarding landownership, and made English the official language. • Indians responded to Britain in three ways- • maintain traditional Indian ways, interacted with British just for business reasons • other studied and adopted British traditions that they felt were useful and kept some of their own traditions as we • People of higher castes, sent their children to British schools

  5. Independence • Indian National Congress and the Muslim League were formed to promote Independence • Gandhi was a peaceful leader and protester (mention salt march) • Gandhi wanted India to gain independence from great Britain and for all Indians to be treated equally, equality for women, and Hindus and Muslims to find peaceful ways to solve • Once Great Britain knew they had to leave India, the land was divided into two countries- India and Pakistan- in order to keep peace between Muslims and Hindus

  6. Gandhi • Salt March- to protest British control of the salt trade, Gandhi led a march 240-mile to the sea to gather sea salt • Experienced discrimination from Britain first-hand • Encouraged non-violence to bring change, and goodness and truth were powerful • Organized hunger-strikes, labor strikes and marches

  7. Timeline of Gandhi’s Life • 1888- Gandhi left India to study law in England • 1893- He took a job with an Indian firm in South Africa • 1915- Returned to India to lead a struggle for home rule • 1920- Took leadership of Indian National Congress • 1930- Led the Salt march, his most popular campaign, which sparked civil disobedience against India • 1947- Britain granted India independence • 1948- Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist

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