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

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. 15 th 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 2 nd 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!