India’s Modernization Because of external influence‚ India modernized at the turn of the twentieth century. It was originally a long-established‚ traditional country. They were for the most part against British interference‚ due to their religious traditions and culture. Due to colonialism‚ their country turned upside down and back again. India transformed in many ways: politically‚ economically‚ socially‚ and technologically. India has also felt the stings of long-term effects of colonialism
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reaction of alien rule but the emption of the volcano of discontent which had kept smoldering for about a century. The causes of the War of Independence were political‚ economic‚ religious‚ social and military. (A). Political Causes The English East India company got strongly implanted in the Sub-Continent after its historic victory over Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey fought in 1757. Soon after wards in 1764 the British recorded another important triumph in the Battle of Buxar. They annexed
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transformed according to the needs and interest of the colonial rulers.”1 “Pre-doomed” Asia The extent of western penetration between the sixteenth century and the eighteenth century was limited compared to later years. Almost all western outposts in East and South Asia were there at the sufferance of the local kingdoms and were heavily regulated‚ as was the case for Guangdong in China2. Although several territories in Southeast Asia‚ like Melaka and Jayakarta3‚ were taken by force‚ two things differentiate
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Looking back over the millennium now ending‚ one question in particular stands out: how did the inhabitants of Western Europe‚ a backwater in the year 1000AD‚ manage to gain economic and military dominance over much of the globe? Not so long ago‚ the answers to this question seemed obvious: Europeans were racially superior‚ and besides‚ God wanted them to win. As historians have shed race-driven and providential views of human history‚ new explanations have had to be formulated. Some of these new
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Americans and both the British and the French were supported by American Indians (Francis 1927‚ 7). The fighting going on in India was between India Indians‚ the British and the French. The French were fighting the Prussians and the British were fighting the Austrians. The war took place in Europe‚ the continental U.S.‚ and the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Africa‚ India‚ but basically the world (Francis 1927‚ 10). As far as causes go the Seven Years War was really like most wars about economics
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first war of independence) had many factors‚ forces and events which contributed to it’s cause‚ some of which include cultural‚ religious and the political forces and also the Einfield Riffle. The changes in culture that the British had made in India‚ created a lot of discontent and there was a lot of anti-British feelings that were growing amongst the landlords. Many people believed that the advent of the steamships were the cause‚ as they reduced the time travelling to England which lead to the
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The political structure ~ h i c h evolved in India under the British during the initial phase of their rule was civil in nature due to the East India Company’s stress on trade and commerce. However‚ war and conquest followed soon with the aim of establishing a territorial empire. The British introduced various Acts between 1773 and 1858 to establish parliamentary control over the government in India. After 1858 the administration of the East India Company was dissolved and the Crown was directly empowered
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India has a history of being a fractured nation‚ at times this disunity was even able to save them from being taken over by conquerors like Alexander the Great. However‚ their luck was doomed to run out. India has always been a country rich in resources‚ making it natural prey to the British imperialists who not only wished to exploit these resources but the people of India as well. With a viewpoint such as this‚ it’s simple to see why Indian’s view of British Imperialists evolved into yet another
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colonial rule meant to those who lived in the countryside. You will meet the zamindars of Bengal‚ travel to the Rajmahal hills where the Paharias and the Santhals lived‚ and then move west to the Deccan. You will look at the way the English East India Company (E.I.C.) established its raj in the countryside‚ implemented its revenue policies‚ what these policies meant to different sections of people‚ and how they changed everyday lives. Laws introduced by the state have consequences for people: they
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gentleman was a Welsh merchant and philanthropist‚ Governor of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George‚ at Madras (now Chennai‚ India). He was a benefactor of the Collegiate School in the Colony of Connecticut‚ which was renamed in his honor in 1718. In British India‚ he secured the areas of Egmore‚ Puruswalkam and Tondiarpet (the now-busy shopping areas of Chennai) from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb for the East-India company. Who? 4. This building (shown in the Pic 9) is a 60‚000 square
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