Why Was India Imperialised

The overall reason as to why India was imperialised was because of the British raj, and then later by the British government. Their goal was to “remake India on a British model through administrative and social reform, economic development, and the introduction of new technology” (India Under British Rule). By utilizing the subcontinents’ materials, territory, and people, the British regime were able to exploit local traditions and rulers and instituted a colonial government that conferred benefits on those Indians who governed on its behalf .
To begin, the southern region of Asia- known as the the Indian Subcontinent, contained a plethora of vendibles and assets in which dealers and merchants much desired; the majority of said traders derived from Europe, who mainly purchased spices. That was the initial reason why Britain came to India.These trades- which was a form of policies dubbed as “Anglicization”- were regulated by the East India Company (EIC). The East India Company was established when land powers, such as the Russian Empires, Ottoman, Safavid, etc were facing dilemmas in multiplex changes in military technology and in the global economy, along with the increasing strain of basing a substantial land empire on military forces
This caused a bombardment of policies and regulations to become implemented within the Indian government. There were those who opposed the ruling of the British Parliament. For instance, a nawab-which is a Muslim prince allied to British India- imprisoned men that came from the East India Company and convicted them into a prison so tightly compacted that they were suffocated to death. The East India Company ousted said nawab, and forced its position onto the already weak Mughal empire, and later, the region of Indian