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The British in India AIM: How did imperialism effect India and create Indian Nationalism? Do Now: Define the following terms What is Empire? An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly esp. an emperor or empress. What is Imperialism? A policy of extending a country's power and influence through political,economic, and social measures. What is Colonialism? The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
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General Phases of India 1420s-1750s: Mughal Empire Early 1600s: East India Co. arrives in India 1857 Indian (Sepoy) Mutiny (Great Rebellion) 1858: Direct Rule begins - Raj 1880s-1919: (very limited political concessions) 1919-onward: Mass Nationalist Movements 1947: Independence and Partition
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The World in 1600
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British East India Company Agents 1-E
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Coins of the British East India Co. 1719 coin 1804 coin 1719 coin 1804 coin
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Coffee House in British India
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Sepoy soldiers 1-F
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Why was Britain so successful in India by the end of the 18 th Century? 1-I
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Sir Warren Hastings 1st Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785.
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India in mid-18c
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Lord Cornwallis r. 1786 - 1793 Remember Me? I Lost the Colonies in America at Yorktown
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British Soldiers in India, 1830s
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Outlawing Suttee (sati) An ancient Indian tradition of the setting on-self on fire for a widow on her husband's funeral pyre (fire)
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Fighting the Thuggees Was a religious cult and an organized gang of professional assassins who traveled in groups across India for several hundred years. Estimates of the total number of victims vary widely, depending on the author's idea of the length of existence of the Thugs (for which there are no reliable sources). According to the Guinness Book of Records the Thuggee cult was responsible for approximately 2,000,000 deaths, while British historian Mike Dash estimates that they killed 50,000 persons in total, based on his assumption that they only started to exist 150 years before their eradication in the 1830s. British used modern police tactics including detective work, informants, and reporting across regions in India to end this violent groups work.
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British Opium Warehouse in Patna, India Selling Patna Opium in China
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Lord Dalhousie r. 1848 - 1856 Consolidated East India Company rule in India Destroyed the East India Company 's financial and military position through reckless policies. Laid the foundations of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (Sepoy Mutiny) Led the final transformation of profitable commercial operations in India into a money-losing colonial administration. His period of rule in India directly preceded the transformation into the Victorian Raj period of Indian administration.
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India: 18c-early 19c
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Sir Raghubir Singh, Maharaja of Bundi
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The Maharaja of Pannah
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The Palace of the Nawab of Moorshedabad, Bengal - 1858
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The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857 2-A
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Sepoy Mutiny, 1857 One of the most well-known uprisings during the British colonization of India was a mutiny of the native troops known as "sepoys". When it began on Sunday, May 10, 1857 the Sepoy rebellion was a complete surprise to the British, many of whom were "blind to the unrest that had been created, in part, by the rapid imposition of direct British control over two-thirds of India"
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The Seige of Lucknow
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Execution of Sepoys: “The Devil’s Wind” 2-B
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1876: Queen Victoria Becomes “Empress of India” 2-D
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Queen Victoria in India PAX BRITANNICA
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Queen Victoria: Receiving the Crown of India
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Sikhs – Bengal Cavalry of the British Army 2-E
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15 th Ludhiana Sikhs, 1889
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Assorted British Soldiers, 1890s
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Bengal Medical Service, 1860
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A Life of Leisure !
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Br. Viceroy’s Daughter: Simla, 1863
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Lady Curzon, 1904
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Living Like a Maharajah
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Darjeeling Railroad, 1880s
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Simla: Little England in the mountains of India
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Karachi, 1896
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Procession of the Rajahs, New Delhi, 1902
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Victoria Station, Bombay
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Chartered Bank of Calcutta, 1915
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Theosophical Library – Madras, 1913
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What were the BENEFITS of British rule in India? 2-F
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2-G What were the major LIMITATIONS of British rule in India??
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The Indian National Congress 1885 The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay. swaraj “independence.” * the goal of the movement.
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak 1856 - 1920
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Jawaharlal nehru 1889 - 1964
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The Muslim League 1905 partition of Bengal based on religions and languages. 1906 creation of the Muslim League.
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah 1876 - 1948
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Young Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1876 1869 - 1948
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Gandhi with the london vegetarian society, 1890
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Gandhi as a Young Barrister in Natal
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Gandhi as a Lawyer in Johannesburg, So. Africa
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Gandhi and His Wife, Kasturba, 1915
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Amritsar Massacre, 1919 379 dead; over 1200 wounded!
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Salt March, 1930 Making Salt
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Gandhi spinning cloth Indian weaving was ruined by the competition of British machine-made textiles!
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Gandhi and His Grandaughters, 1947
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Last Viceroy of India Lord Louis & Lady Edwina Montbatten
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Partition!
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