1857 - 1945
- Before 1857
- Who is technically in charge?
- By 1850s
- British East India Company (featured in Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Controls most of the subcontinent
- Indirect Rule -- British officially leave local rulers in charge
- By 1860s
- Direct British Control (formal rule after the Indian revolt)
- Pros and Cons of British Rule
- One government that replaces lots of local government
- One legal code
- One administrative system
- More efficient and less corrupt
- Education
- Elite Indians trained in British schools
- To help the British run the colony
- To serve as army officers
- 90% of the population is still uneducated
- Industrialization
- All of the money goes to the British even though the Indians did all the work
- Agricultural Change
- Land goes from food production goes to cotton
- Lots of $$$ is made buuut
- Millions (30million) starve!
- Infrastructure
- Roads
- Canals
- Universities
- Hospitals
- Railroads
- Cultural Practices
- Central Asian horseman sport - Polo
- Only the British get to play!
- British take "souvenirs" from Taj Mahal (aka little pieces..)
- British get the best housing
- What language is taught in school? English, obviously.
- Cultural Reactions to British Rule
- Indians reacting to literature, textbooks, newspapers...
- Educated Indiands start their own nationalist Indian newspaper
- Kasari (The Lion)
- Of many nationalist newspapers
- Nationalism filters to middle class
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Nobel prize in literature
- Goal
- Indian Dignity - Indian people aren't being given the dignity and respect they deserve
- Mutual understanding of Europeans and Indians
- Political Reactions to British Rule
- What class will Indian reformers come from?
- From the educated Indian class
- Why?
- British-Educated
- Familiar with Western Law
- Familiar with enlightenment
- Indian National Congress
- 1885
- The primary group that establishes independence for India
- Demanded a share of political power from the British
- The leadership consisted of Hindus and Muslims
- Sounds pretty bad but hey they hate the British less
- Results in some problems in the future due to leadership roles
- Muslim League
- Splintered off!
- Led by Mohamed Jinnah
- Mohandas Gandhi
- Born 1869
- British-trained Lawyer
- Represented mine workers in South Africa
- One of the most prominent and powerful people who got the British to leave
- His technique
- Nonviolent protest
- Find a stupid, discriminatory, or unjust law
- Break it! :D
- Be really obvious about breaking law so that you get an audience
- Get punished and get witnesses!
- The Indians protesting won't look bad if it's the British beating them up and stuff
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