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Positive or Negative Effects Imperialism of India

Positive or Negative Effects Imperialism of India. By: Valdner & Patten Mepham High School Global History II. W.C. Bonner ji, at the first meeting of the India National Congress in 1885.

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Positive or Negative Effects Imperialism of India

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  1. Positive or Negative EffectsImperialism of India By: Valdner & Patten Mepham High School Global History II

  2. W.C. Bonner ji, at the first meeting of the India National Congress in 1885. It is under the civilizing rule of the Queen…of England that we meet here…stopped by none, and are freely allowed to speak our minds withiout the least fear such a thing is possible under…British rule only…Were it not for tehese blessings of British rule, I would not have come here today. I cam without the least…fear that my children might be robbed and killed in my absence. You were able within a few days, to travel here from every corner of the land. In earlier days the trip would have taken you months. There remains even greater blessings for which we have to be grateful. It is to the British that we owe the education we possess. The people of England were sincere when they said more than half a century ago that India was a sacred charge given to them by God. The English were telling the truth when they declared that they were bound to rule India for her own good, for the glory of their own name, and for the satisfication of God.

  3. Questions • 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or negative effects of Imperialism? • 2. Explain your answer by using specific details from the document.

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, an Indian nationalist leader • One fact is that this allen (British) government has ruined our contry. In the beginning, all of us were taken by surprise. We thought that eveWith rything that the rulers did was for our good. We thought that the English government had come down from the clouds to save us from foreign and internal warfare…We felt happy for a time, but it soon came to light that the peace which was established in this country…prevented us from going at each other’s throats, so that a foreigner might go at the throat of us all… • We believed in the good intentions of the goernment, but in politics there are no godo intentions. We were fooled. Hidden under the seeminlglygood intentions of the Egnlish was strong self-interest. • Soon a change came over us. English eduation, grrowing poverty, and better knowledge of our rulers opened our eyes. It became clear to us that the dream of money from our country was ruining us.

  5. Questions • 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or negative effects of Imperialism? • 2. Explain your answer by using specific details from the document.

  6. A British scholar describes British rule in India. • British rule brought with it from the West certain standards of humanity that Indian society had not yet reached. Early action was taken to stop female infanticide (the killing of girl babies). The gangs of Thugs, who strangled harmless travelers in the service of the goddess Kali (Hindu goddess of death), were broken up. Human sacrifice, which was still being carried on in some primitive hill districts, was stamped out. The slave trade was ended and the owning of slaves was forbidden. • One result of the new order was a steady rise in the value of India’s export trade. In 1834, it had been under 8 million (English) pounds (about $38 million). IN 1928, it was 190 million.

  7. Questions • 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or negative effects of Imperialism? • 2. Explain your answer by using specific details from the document.

  8. Jawaharial Nehru, an Indian nationalist • With the developments of inductrial techniques in England a new class of industrialists arose. These businessmen demanded a change in British policy and they got it. To begin with, Indian goods could enter India (tax free). The Indian textile industry collapsed, affecting large numbers of weavers and artisans. Other old Indian industries-shipbuilding, metalwork, glass, paper, and crafts--were also destroyed. • The economic development of India was stopped and the growth of new industry was prevented. As a result, India became a farming colongy of Industrial England. It supplied raw materials and provided markets for England’s industrial goods. The destruction of Indiain industry led to huge unemployment grew poverty of India.

  9. Questions • 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or negative effects of Imperialism? • 2. Explain your answer by using specific details from the document.

  10. If you see an island shoreWhich has not been grabbed before.Lying in the tract of trade, as islands should,With the simple native quiteUnprepared to make a fightOh, you just drop in and take it for his good.Not for love of money, but it understoodBut you row yourself to landWith a Bible in your hand.If he hollers, then you shoot him for his good.India there are bloody sightsBlottinging out the Hindus’ rights,Where we’ve slaughtered many millions for their good.And with bullet and with brandDesolated all the landBut you know we did only for their good.

  11. Questions • 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or negative effects of Imperialism? • 2. Explain your answer by using specific details from the document.

  12. Where the positives of Imperialism worth all of the negatives that Imperialism brought to India?

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