World History Patterns of Interaction

Nationalism: believe that people should be loyal to their own country

Many Indians believed that the English were not only controlling their land,but also making them convert to Christianity

Constant racism towards the Indians

Economic problems increased for the Indians as did the feeling of resentment and nationalism

Rumors spread that the cartridges of the Indian rifles were greased with beef and pork fat

The Hindus consider cows sacred and the Muslims do not eat pork were outraged by the news

5-9-1857 85/90 Sepoys refused their new cartridges

The 85 soldiers were jailed, the jailing led to a rebellion by the Sepoy

The sepoy marched to Delhi and joined other sepoy already stationed there

They captured the city and then moved to northern and central India

Events have been called both the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny

The fighting took place throughout India

Both sides wanted to destroy the other sides army

EIC took a year to regain control of the country, with help from British soldiers

Lack of leadership and fighting between the Hindus and Muslims caused for the lack of unity and the English to regain power

Hindus did not want the Muslim Mughal empire in command they preferred the British

Many princes and governors aligned with the EIC and did not take part in the mutiny

The Sikhs, hated the Mughals and were loyal to the British and became the major contributors to the British army in India

Because of the mutiny the British took total control of India in 1858

The Raj: part of the India government under control by the British

British rewarded many of the princes who were loyal to the EIC by sticking to the treaties and laws that were signed

India states were still free but were under more control by the English

Racism and mistrust increased due to the Mutiny

Ram Mohun Roy: “Father of Modern India” believed that India culture needed to change to rid the country of outsiders

Wanted religious practices to be modified Wanted to have more say in their

government Many wanted India to be modernized and

westernized

Felt like 2nd class citizens in their own country

Barred from top posts in the India Civil Service

Paid less then Europeans An English Engineer made 20Xs more

then an Indian engineer

India National Congress: 1885 (INC) Muslim League: 1906 (ML) At first both groups concentrated on

specific concerns by the 1900s both wanted independent rule

Problems of division continued through India for several years

Struggles of all of Europe over their countries would lead to many more problems over the years