History: British Airways PLC is the largest international airline in the world. It is based at Heathrow Airport in London‚ the busiest international airport in the world‚ and has a global flight network through such partners as USAir in the United States‚ Qantas in Australia‚ and TAT European Airlines in France. Via its own operations and those of its alliance partners‚ British Airways serves 95 million passengers a year using 441 airports in 86 countries and more than 1‚000 planes. British Airways
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Three motives for british imperialism are religious‚ economic‚ and political. I believe that the most important motive for british imperialism was economy. The british hungered for more land and more money‚ they even attacked natives for resources. The covered their main reasons with lies. Religion‚ that doesn’t mean anything to them they spread and conquered like a plague. They killed‚ stole‚ and conquered. All that they cared about was money and power. The british attacked the people of India‚
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This is the case for the British East India Company. Before its establishment‚ the company faces many strong powers such as the Portuguese‚ Spaniards‚ and Dutch. In 1588‚ Spanish Armada were defeated‚ British were able to enter this competitive field in order to start their quest in exploring and colonizing the international markets. This marked the start of the British East India Company. Initially‚ the doubtful Queen Elizabeth did not approve of this venture for the British‚ but after the defeat
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yet been reaped for their resources. The British Empire’s interest in India goes back further than this age
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India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century . Britain developed India for its own benifit they build road for themself not for Indian people . on April 13‚ 1919 (which happened to be ’Baisakhi’ one of Punjab’s largest religious festivals) fifty British Indian Army soldiers‚ under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer‚ opened fire on an unarmed gathering of innocent men‚ women and children without any reason and killed nearly 4000 people
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The rise of British Imperialism within India took place in the 17th century‚ when the first fleet of European ships landed on the shores of South Asia. Before British imperialism‚ India was separated into groups of independent and semi-independent kingdoms and territories‚ with British intentions to unite India as one; one language‚ one God‚ and one ruler (Bradley‚ 2001). On December 31st 1600‚ Queen Elizabeth of England established trade between the East India Company and the British‚ which overtime
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British colonial rule and Indian Subcontinent 1/19/2013 Prepared by – (Group 10 The rising stars) Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 Group members – The British Raj (rāj‚ lit. "reign" in Hindi)[1] was British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.[2] The term can also refer to the period of dominion.[2][3] The region under British control‚ commonly calledIndia in contemporary usage‚ included areas directly administered by the
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the Paris. As a result of the entry of the French in the crash‚ the British strategy in the US is rapidly changed. In the Caribbean‚ the United States lost as soon as the theater of the importance to protect the Empire and other parts of the strikes in the sugar islands of France. During the American Revolution‚ the British maintained a leading world sea power. It knows that it is directly challenging the supremacy of the British wave is impossible‚ but Congress approved the creation of the October
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Although originally control rest into the hands of the British East India Company‚ the home government eventually took command themselves. Ultimately‚ controlling India’s economy benefitted Britain financially and India both politically and economically. However‚ foreign influence resulted in Britain taking control over India’s government‚ creating unrest between the British and the Indians. Once Britain extended their authority into India‚ the British took total control over the Indian government. By
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