Imperialism, which means extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force had many effects on India’s political, economic, and social structures from c. 1750-1900. The most prominent, but not only effects of imperialism in India’s country from 1750-1900 is The British East India Company’s overpowering control over India’s economy resulting in a “Puppet Delhi”, the Sepoys set up to work unfairly by Britain causing social rebellion, and the political British Raj’s hold over India, causing a sense of nationalism and enlightenment thinking. The first effect Imperialism had on India is the overbearing British East India Company’s control over the economy. From about 1600-1874, The British East India
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The Sepoy men were forced to work in bad conditions and were angered by the fact that they had to disobey their Hindu and Muslim traditions by greasing guns with pig and cow fat; which are both off-limit animals in their culture. Instead of allowing the Sepoys to grease the guns with an alternative oil, the British East India Co. treated them worse and began reacting violently to their refusals. In late March of 1857, a Sepoy attacked a British Army officer due to unfair treatment; he was then arrested and executed. This caused an uproar among the Sepoys and started the Sepoy Rebellion. The result of the rebellion was a withdrawal of the British East India Company and a general cleaning up of the Indian administration. This was important because Britain allowed India to think that they gained back most of their political and economic power so they could still manipulate the Delhi. When faced with conflict with India, Britain tended to put on “the good guy face” while having secret intentions. This can be seen in their British attitude of being superior, Social Darwinism ideals, and being blatantly racist to people of …show more content…
English Queen Victoria, who in 1876, was the self-proclaimed Empress of India, enacted women’s protection laws and set up a universal education system under her rule. Among the new rules set in place, outlawing Sati (ritual suicide after a woman’s husband dies), outlawing child-brides, and creating an education system for the rich and the poor were of the most dramatic changes in the political system. An effect of sending higher-class Indians to Britain for an education would be them returning with enlightenment thinking and a sense of nationalism for their country. This ultimately backfired on the British because Indian scholars now wanted a part in their government and didn’t want Britain having too much power. This resulted in the Indian National Congress and for Muslim scholars, the Muslim
The Sepoy men were forced to work in bad conditions and were angered by the fact that they had to disobey their Hindu and Muslim traditions by greasing guns with pig and cow fat; which are both off-limit animals in their culture. Instead of allowing the Sepoys to grease the guns with an alternative oil, the British East India Co. treated them worse and began reacting violently to their refusals. In late March of 1857, a Sepoy attacked a British Army officer due to unfair treatment; he was then arrested and executed. This caused an uproar among the Sepoys and started the Sepoy Rebellion. The result of the rebellion was a withdrawal of the British East India Company and a general cleaning up of the Indian administration. This was important because Britain allowed India to think that they gained back most of their political and economic power so they could still manipulate the Delhi. When faced with conflict with India, Britain tended to put on “the good guy face” while having secret intentions. This can be seen in their British attitude of being superior, Social Darwinism ideals, and being blatantly racist to people of …show more content…
English Queen Victoria, who in 1876, was the self-proclaimed Empress of India, enacted women’s protection laws and set up a universal education system under her rule. Among the new rules set in place, outlawing Sati (ritual suicide after a woman’s husband dies), outlawing child-brides, and creating an education system for the rich and the poor were of the most dramatic changes in the political system. An effect of sending higher-class Indians to Britain for an education would be them returning with enlightenment thinking and a sense of nationalism for their country. This ultimately backfired on the British because Indian scholars now wanted a part in their government and didn’t want Britain having too much power. This resulted in the Indian National Congress and for Muslim scholars, the Muslim