india under british rule
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India Under British Rule. Chapter Eight Section 4 By Brian Boyle, Sam Yarosh , and Meg Boeni. A Timeline of British Involvement in India. 1498 – Portuguese traders become the first Europeans to gain a foothold in India. 1600 – England sets up the East India Trading Company - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
India Under British Rule
Chapter Eight Section 4By Brian Boyle, Sam Yarosh, and Meg Boeni
A Timeline of British Involvement
in India1498 – Portuguese traders become the first Europeans to gain a foothold in India.
1600 – England sets up the East India Trading Company
Early 1700s – Mughal Empire begins to decline
1740s – Rivalry between British and French traders in India
1750s – Britain begins to intervene in Indian politics
1765 – Bengal formally concedes
to British military leader Robert Clive by the surviving Mughal ruler
1773 – Regulating Act grants Parliament joint authority with the EIC in India
1813 – Charter Act institutes laws based on British moral standards and outlaws many traditional practices
1857 – Sepoy mutiny
1858 – India officially becomes a British colony
***Fun Fact*** The word Khaki was originally an Indian word spread to England through trade.
Robert Clive• Administrator of East Indian
Company• Led British forces and helped
defeat the French• Appointed Indian rulers in
conquered territories who supported the East India Company
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East India Company
British encouraged disunity between Indian groupsBritish got groups one by one to sign treaties with East India CompanyGained rights to collect taxes; began gaining enormous wealthSet up law code and court systemRuled directly and indirectly
British RuleBy the 1850s Indians began to have problems with BritishBritish outlawed many Hindu practices such as Sati- ritual suicide by widowed womenHigh taxes angered farmers
Sepoy Mutiny- 1857
Sepoys were Indian troops who served in the British army
CausesSepoy infantry were issued Lee-Enfield rifles that had to be single loaded
Each cartridge was greased with pig fat and beef tallow, which caused problems for Hindus and Muslims alike
British outlawed the practice of sati which outraged the civilian population
CausesSepoy infantry were issued Lee-Enfield rifles that had to be single loaded
Each cartridge was greased with pig fat and beef tallow, which caused problems for Hindus and Muslims alike
Some historians believe that the situation with the rifle cartridges was simply the last straw of a series of events leading to rebellion
Lasting Effects of British Rule
Social and Political Changes
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Economic ChangesNative economy all but destroyed and Indians forced to grow cash crops for British markets Indian craftsmen unable to compete with an influx of cheap British goodsTaxes levied against local people of many castes
Social ChangesEnglish language became predominant in many areas
Schools of higher education founded on the British model
Health care and sanitation enormously improved ; rapid population growth
Christianity introduced
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Changes in Technology
First railroad completed in 1850Telegraph introduced in 1851Three local postal systems merged in1854Roads and waterways opened across the country to make transportation of goods and British troops more efficient
Indian Nationalism• Westernization and English
ethnocentrism angered many and strengthened ties to native culture
Modernization vs. return to native customs
• Indian National Congress – succeeded in opening more government positions to native Indians