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    British Indian Rebellions

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    considered a “jewel in the crown‚” especially to the British. India was good for its location‚ weather‚ and abundance of cash crops. Though the British brought about many new technology and infrastructure ‚ the Indians still felt like they were disrespected in a sense that they were treated unfairly. The British began to increase their unreasonable laws that contradicted Indian culture. This spiked many uprisings and rebellions. As a result‚ the British Raj ended up having a negative impact on the Indians

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    British India Dbq

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    While the British government was efficient at ruling India and left India peacefully‚ the overall political Impact that the British had on India was quite negative‚ because they governed only for themselves and created mass amounts of conflict when they left. In the article Why Britain should be proud of its rule in India by Dr. Kartar Lalvani‚ it states that “The British administration of India‚ a country with a population of 500 million‚ diverse religions and spread over 17‚000 square miles was

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    that in the period 1900-19 the British only made concessions to India in order to strengthen their hold on the sub-continent? India‚ throughout history‚ has been subject to numerous cases of persecution‚ subjugation‚ conquest and oppression. Successful conquest of India is a difficult yet lucrative investment and can easily help supplement and revitalise an economy through the trade of its bountiful natural resources. Despite India’s monetary value‚ the Official British policy stated there were ulterior

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    History of British Airways

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    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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    British East 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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    British Red Cross

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    The British Red Cross – Can be used as a resource for children’s first aid training. Staff may attend British Red Cross training days in order to plan and provide a safe environment. Once completing courses‚ staff will have an understanding and knowledge of what to do in a range of emergency situations. The British Red Cross also provides teacher resources such as lesson plans and fact sheets to promote children’s safety and plan for them to learn in a healthy and safe environment (British Red Cross

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    British Rule in India

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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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    Why did we lose the space shuttles? On January 28‚ 1986‚ the Challenger space shuttle was lost during a terrible explosion. This tragedy killed seven members who were on board and had such an impact on NASA‚ that they suspended shuttle flights for two years. But why did the shuttle suffer this devastating explosion? The Challenger suffered several launch delays six days prior to liftoff. NASA officials overruled concerns that the engineers had‚ and ordered a liftoff at 11:38 a.m. “I found out

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