Background: Arrival of British As a background we have to understand that after 1857 Muslims were passing through a very difficult period‚ a period of degeneration and decay but the roots of this decay can be traced back to the earlier period. In fact‚ the decay of the Muslims started with the degeneration of the Mughal Empire and in that context Europeans started coming to India. The British being last of them and ultimately they controlled most of India. It was a beginning of the 17th century
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Pakistan and Islamic Studies Project Report Pak-Indo Separation Group Members * EE123016 Waqas Akhter * EE123117 Hina Ashiq * EE123003 Samina Khan * EE1230054 Irfana Altaf * EE123006 Usama Rehman Submitted To:Sir Hassaan Contents THE INDO-PAK PARTITION 4 Introduction: 4 Main Focus: 4 Map of Indian empire: 4 What was the partition? 5 Main Cause Of partition:- 5 Chart : 6 Problems during partition:
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period in India. The Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 led to policy changes in the administration of British India. As part of the change‚ the British stopped all further annexation of native states and during the period 1858–1947 the general policy changed to one of non-annexation but with the right of intervention. Opinions differ on the causes of the mutiny: whether it was a planned war of independence against the colonial empire‚ or an uncoordinated mutiny of soldiers who felt a threat to their religious
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Outline the events of the Sepoy rebellion. Compare and contrast how India was governed before and after 1857. India was once under the British rule in direct or indirect way. After the East India Company was founded in 1600‚ British has spent 250 years taking over the colonies and trade of the Dutch‚ repelled the French‚ and beat back Indian challenges. The Mughal empire was decayed‚ and by 1858 British obtained the vast continent from the Mughal emperor’s dethronement. British
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“I is for India‚ Our land in the East‚ Where everyone goes To shoot tigers and feast.” (Ames 278) John Beames’ “Civilian Memoirs” gives a slight reference of what Ames was trying to convey‚ being that he was in Indian during that time‚ and that piece was just about his day to day life‚ more so touching on why India was ‘the preferred place to live in’. The piece was more based on the work environment as to Beames and his comrade George Faulkner chose to move to India for the same reason‚ less government
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Sepoy Rebellion To start off the Sepoys were a group of Indian soldiers that worked for the European forces. These soldiers worked for the East Indian Company’s army. In May 1857 they started a mutiny‚ or a rebellion. This brought on many other rebellions‚ and basically a war for independence. There were many economic‚ religious‚ political‚ and military reasons behind the revolts. The Indians themselves had pure hatred for the British. This also was not an overnight deal. It took about a
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In 1915‚ Gandhi returned to India‚ after the government of the Union of South Africa had made important changes to their government that he commanded‚ including recognizing Indian marriages and abolition of the poll tax for them. After travelling all over India to get to know himself with the country of which he knew nothing about‚ he dived into politics‚ and soon became the respected leader of the Indian nationalist movement. He single-handedly transformed the middle- and upper-class Indian National
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The British came to India in the 1600’s‚ originally to trade but eventually took over india in 1858. The British controlled India from 1858 to 1947. Britain was successful in ruling‚ they had an efficient government‚ army‚ police‚ justice system‚ and civil system‚ they constructed many infrastructures‚ plantations‚ sold lots of cloth‚ educated young wealthy Indians‚ and health and life expectancy improved. Although the British government was efficient and successful‚ it benefited the British not
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Note by Dr. Omar Shakespear Pound of Princeton University who during two visits to London (1988 and 1990) gave freely of his valuable time to the classification and filing of the Society’s Shakespear papers. SIR RICHMOND CAMPBELL SHAKESPEAR was born in India on 11 May‚ 1812. His father was John Talbot Shakespear (1783-1825) of the Bengal Civil Service; his mother‚ Emily Thackeray‚ eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray‚ also of the B.C.S. and father of the novelist. The Shakespears had
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Curriculum-Vitae RAMANJEE JHA H.No. 61‚ Street No.7‚ Extn.IIB Nangloi‚New Delhi-110041 ------------------------------------------------- Contact No. 9540668676‚ 8802857116 CARREER OBJECTIVE:- To accept Challenge and achieve success in all spheres of professional by holding a position of Responding in an organization and to explore with efficient innovative ideas. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:- * B.A. from L.N.M. University‚ Darbanga (Bihar) * I.A.-Do- * Matriculation‚ from
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