Indian Imperialism

After the Industrial revolution started in Europe the Europeans needed raw material from other countries and from that came the Idea of Imperialism when one country takes over another. Although what the British were doing seemed to be benefiting India was actually doing the opposite. Many things that the Europeans did to India weather it was political, economic, or social the Europeans found ways to have those things benefit the British and very little or not at all to the Indian.

British imperialism in China and India brought very different responses, in part because of the nature of imperialism in each place. While both regions were greatly influenced by the British, in India the country was placed under the direct rule of the Queen. In China on the other hand, the "spheres of influence" were economic, and did not entail direct British rule. During the British imperial age the culture of China continued on much the same as it had before, while in India the British tried to replace the Indian culture with their own.

“Englishmen.. have given the people of India the greatest human blessing - peace.” (Dutt). Merely coming to India in the 1600s to trade, the British East India Company established trading outposts. After ridding of French influence in India during the Seven Years’ War and having Indians mutiny against British rule, Britain gained full control of India. India has been under the imperialist control of the British until their independence in 1947. British imperialism caused some negative effects on India through poverty and persecution, but retained more of a positive impact due to its massive improvements in the modernization of India and the overall improvement of Indian civilization.

America, land of the free, home of the brave, unless you’re not white. The United States of America was built on immigrants, but the more proper term would be imperialists. It is widely known that Native Americans were here first, but they barely acknowledge it. Instead children are taught about Christopher Columbus, the pilgrims, and the founding fathers. Colonists felt the need to kill, annex, and annihilate an entire culture to capitalize off of “undiscovered” lands. As a result, Native American culture is almost extinct, the impact that colonists had on Native Americans were catastrophic; natives were forced to change their way of life and culture to adjust to new conquerors brought by Columbus, when westerners kept pushing west, battles and massacres ensued and Natives were forced to assimilate into American culture. Native Americans are still ignored and are pushed to the back burner. We claim that we are progressive, but the Dakota Pipeline Project seems to contradict that statement. Today, we still aren’t progressing and it shows when we still have a holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus “discovering” the new world.

In the early portion of the twentieth century, there was an extraordinary surge of European empires claiming countries as their own. This outburst of imperialism spanned to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At the cusp of this competitive era, approximately four-fifths of the earth were under European control. There are several accounts of resistances to European imperialism however, especially in Asia. This paper will explore the resistances made by India and China against European imperialism, compare the similarities of both campaigns, and contrast the techniques used in both accounts.

It is said that the colonization of Africa by European settlers was significant in terms of politics, economic advances or economic failures, as well as the advancement of power and destruction of pre-colonial African Cultures. The two largest European powers striving to colonize Africa are France and Britain. There are three reasons for Europe’s interest in colonizing Africa. The first reason is the fact that Africa was an unknown and mysterious continent that has yet to be explored by European settlers or any settler for fact. Because of this Europe wanted to gather scientific data of the unknown African continent. The expeditions of explorers like Samuel Baker, Joseph Thompson, Richard Burton, John Speke, and some others in the nineteenth

Imperialism is the domination of one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country. Imperialism is more often than not fueled by two major schools of thought known as nationalism and Social Darwinism. Nationalism is a feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country. This can drive a person to think that their country is the most powerful, and in essence drives that person mad with power and a hunger to conquer, which not ironically is exactly what many countries did. Social Darwinism is the very idea that a more powerful country conquer the smaller countries. “Survival of the fittest,” as the well renowned Charles Darwin used to say. Imperialism is also sometimes sparked by military motives, such as when USA set up

“The settlement of the Western Hemisphere by native peoples and the ‘discovery’ of the ‘Americas’ by Europeans were actually parts of the same human impulse; the need to explore and discover what lies over the horizon. In that sense they are more similar than different.” This is a valid statement applicable to both the Native Americans and the Europeans. The first people to live in the Western Hemisphere are believed to have migrated from Asia. These Native American people now living in America had traveled in hunter gatherer groups, often following after animals to keep a steady food source. Yet, the Native Americans also had a drive to continue exploring the vast land on which they were living. The farther they journeyed the more they

While imperialism somewhat improved the lives of the native people in Africa and India with the introduction of improved health practices and infrastructure, to a great extent it made life worse because of the effects of the focus on cash crops and converting natives to Christianity, cruel treatment, and segregation.

Imperialism is defined as a policy of extending a country’s power through diplomacy or military force. An Age of Imperialism began in the second half of the 19th century, 1870 to 1914 to be more precise, and it affected a great deal of countries. Among the many countries that this Age of Imperialism influenced, India was one of the most affected. British rule introduced India to new customs and ideas. Some will argue that the exposure to this foreign culture had a positive overall effect on India, however, like most cases where a country attempts to gain power through another country’s government, there are both positive and negative effects.

The basis of imperialism is established by depriving nations of their true identity, self-confidence, and independence. Dominance is best put as power and influence over others. This idea of dominance is bewildering. Who would have thought that holding more power than another individual would exist in this world when we were all created as equals from the start? Being seen as more “powerful” because one’s skin color is lighter than another or because one has more wealth is preposterous. Imperialism involves a far more powerful country taking over a weaker, less powerful country while exploiting the people as well as the resources. Author, Kamala Markandaya thoroughly captures the effects of imperialism along with dominance within the world

British Imperialism had a big impact on India. This can show us how imperialism changed a country. India is one of the largest countries in the world by area and has a huge population. It has a diverse land of deserts, beautiful forests, high mountains and traversable rivers. People live there with different religions, different cultures, and different languages.

Rudyard Kipling's genuine work was obtusely polemical; however, a genius radical message overruns his fictional too. Even though the novel Kim, with its lively portrayals of the geology and societies of India, is by all accounts a festival of the subcontinent and its local people groups, it, in any case, is organized as an expert radical work. As one with this feeling of good commitment to force English government on the "dull races" of the world was the storing up of financial and worldwide power for England itself, the biggest domain the world had ever observed. Along these lines, the upkeep of the feeling of good commitment in India was a critical piece of the belief system behind the monetary welfare of the domain. Kipling makes an extremely specific depiction of the political condition of India that distinctly disregards the developing clash between the local Indians and political condition severs to keep up the quality and legitimacy of the British presence in India.

This period was one of major change in Indian life and culture. While the East

E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.