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    British/India History

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    British empire did all developments for his interests only.This was a time when world was moving towards industrialization‚they crushed the Indian rural economy and forcefully developed a market for British products.The wealthy power of UK Pound is stands on the looted Indian wealth. They divided India in seven parts and left a wound named Pakistan in body of India.Actually they benefited from India. Advances in transportation. India benefited as it made roads‚ tunnels railways‚ ship yards and

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    British Raj

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    British Raj British Raj refers to British “reign” – Raj means “reign” in Hindi. The system was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 -1947. Geographically the Indian subcontinent was… India‚ Pakistan‚ Bengal an Burma How did British Raj come to be? - Long before the British Raj came to be the British East India Company gained more and more control on the subcontinent. The company has grown bigger and bigger since it started in the 17th century. The company even had their

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    Politics & Military            A number of social‚ economic‚ religious‚ political   and military reforms had been imposed by the British without any consultation with local population. Social    British introduced a new system of education. in this system they had to send their children to co-educational schools which was hated since it appeared to improve the British system without due regards to their rights. Persian was the official language of the sub-continent for centuries since Mughals

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    Persian Empire

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    I am here today to talk to you about the Persian Empire. One of the reasons I chose this topic is that I am Persian myself. Another reason for me choosing this topic is that there is a large Persian community in Lower Mainland. Moving along‚ Persian Empire was founded around 548 BC. It was the first largest empire stretching from Atlantic Ocean‚ Morocco‚ to Indus River‚ India. The Persian Empire is most famous for its tolerance over other religions and races and the first people to write the Charter

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    British Paramountcy in India

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    declare themselves Independent ? To begin with the first. The basis of the claim made by the States for a right to declare themselves independent lies in the Statement of 12th May 1946 issued by the Cabinet Mission in which they say that the British Government could not and will not in any circumstances transfer paramountcy to an Indian Government which means that the rights of the States which follow from their relationship to the Crown will no longer exist and that all the rights surrendered

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    Britain’s Continued Influences in West Africa The main goal of colonialism was to extract the economic benefits for the colonizing empire and England was just that‚ it wanted to exploit the natural resources and established a profitable setting for its settler colonies in Africa. England’s approach of direct rule‚ limited the rights to Africans‚ which affected English rule as well as their post colonial relationships with neighboring countries. With England’s influences in every aspect of African

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    Latin American Empires

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    2015 Tuesday Reaction Paper 3 Chapter 18 entitled Colonial Encounters narrates the ways in which encounters among European empires and peoples of Africa and Asia brought about oppression‚ abusive labor relations‚ and poverty to some African‚ Latin American‚ or Asian colonies. Discuss the relationship between empires and its colonies‚ how does Strayer depict empires‚ is he overly sympathetic to the colonies and its peoples‚ provide examples and explain. Robert Strayer expresses how the European

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    British Imperialism in India Pre-Colonization: The Mughal Empire Prior to British imperialism‚ the Mughal Empire governed the majority of the Indian subcontinent. Unsatisfied with his modest kingdom‚ Fergana‚ Babur (r. 1526-1530) expanded into Kabul in 1504‚ serving as a base for his conquests. When he defeated the the Sultan of Delhi at the Battle of Panipat in 1526‚ he declared himself emperor‚ founding the Mughal Empire. His large‚ well-trained cavalry and artillery provided him the advantage

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    business interests of the British imperialists had a mixed outcome.Great Britain expanded into India‚Asia‚and Africa.There were three main causes that are linked to the causes and reasons os imperializing(political‚social‚economic).Overall‚imperialism is a progressive force‚and both the “oppressors”are equally effected by imperialism in both positive and negative ways. The causes of British Imperialism were tied to economic‚social‚and political reasons.socially‚the british believed that they were

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    ‘”The Champions of the Game‚” British “imperialist” were unquestionably the shrewdness of them all. . Their military more advanced and powerful than others: their technology advanced‚ and they were astute. When ‘colonizing” a word play for taking over the populations they “found‚” and claiming them as a part of the British empie. with imperialistic methods. Not just any country could be colonized formerly or informally” they must have something the British wanted to seize‚ riches‚ resources or

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