Taking a Look at the Indian Mutiny

Also known as India’s First War for Independence, this rebellion was between Indian Sepoys and the British East India Company. Before this mutiny, the British East India Company had total control over Indian, however afterwards, Indian was directly controlled by the British Raj. Because of this the British government had even more control over Indian and her laws, similar to how Britain gained more control of North America after the Seven Years War. One thing that stayed the same before and after the rebellion was the rebel’s cause. Indian citizens began to continue their criticism of the unfair rule of the British, similar to how some American colonists were rebelling against the new, stricter

Have you ever wondered the real impact british had on india during the time the ruled? British may have created railroad taught indians how to communicate protected forestry and endangered animals. The truth is the jobs they created paid indians un fair compared to british men, indians learned mort english in their own independance then when the british ruled, the didn't protect forestry for long because they would clear cut and ship it back to britain, and animals became endangered due to clear cutting which led to temperature rise water table drop and unplantable soil. Here are some examples of what really happened and why british were unsuitable for rule.

Indian war, there were many growing conflicts between the 13 Colonies and Great Britain. The British abused the American Colonists as they imposed many new taxes and limited Colonial America from prospering economically. The Colonists, outraged, decided to take action against the British Empire and revolt. The American Revolution was caused due to the economic aspects, social aspect, and political aspects.

The Taiping Rebellion and Indian Mutiny were both revolts caused by Britain's actions, motivated by their wish to control international trade in stride towards their Imperialistic goals of globalizing their trade network to maximize profit and control. As information was gathered on Southeast Asia, Britain became increasingly interested by the potential value of native goods. With the additional help of developing technology at the time, Britain was able to gain control via despotism. The imperialistic rule was successful as encountered regions in Southeast Asia had always easily controlled by global powers, until indigenous voices in India and China were finally heard in their fight to push back against Britain's greedy actions. Britain had found it necessary to expand their reach in India and China for various reasons, some of which being to spread Christianity, creating more ports for sailors, and benefitting trade networks. However India and China found fewer benefits in Britain's motives and their message was eventually heard as the indigenous fought Britain's globalization tactics that were not mutually beneficial but could be found on the agenda of British Imperialism.

Rebelling is an inevitable action of any free society with access to information. Each rebellion will come on a much different scale, ranging from simple boycotts, all the way to complete revolutions. The size of each rebellion greatly effects its influence over a population, as there is power in numbers. Without a clear purpose and strong following, a rebellion will struggle. Examples can be found in the Rococo time period, both of successful and struggling revolutions. These revolutions displayed a few characteristics of social and political movements which are still common today. These characteristics include a push for equality and justice, a wide spread of support for the topics, and successful movements spark more movements to take a stand.

Throughout the years many historians have compilated and examined why Indian people were so desperate to gain back their independence from the British Empire during their rule over India, from 1612 to 1947. The reasoning can most definitely be found as the British discriminated against Indian people as they believe that they were inferior; it is no surprise that Indian people fought so hard for their independence. Throughout the British Raj, they placed and put forward unbelievably racist acts and laws which discriminated against Indian people. Which of course led to Indians to rebel against the British rule and which the British reacted with causing massacres. Explaining the nationalistic many India’s felt during the British Raj.

Thomas Paine (1776), in a time of struggle, reminded Americans that “Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but ‘to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER,’ and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there no such a thing as slavery upon earth” (p. 1). It is evident that, even in times of struggle, Americans possessed a trait of rebellion against those in power (especially the British) and common beliefs. Many colonies were formed on the basis of refuge from British beliefs and the domineering government. This in addition to the values that America was based upon lead to a very rebellious revolution. After reviewing the events spanning the time of the early colonies to the

This came with some benefits for the Indians like getting railways systems , better education and more exports. (doc3) The British Colonization also came with its downsides like British disregard for the people's culture and religion, like when they made the powder packs for the Lee-Enfield rifle out of cow hides which was against Indian beliefs and sparked the Sepoy Rebellion against British rule which lasted about a year but was abruptly ended with total British dominance. The Indians couldn’t beat the British with military means but the people could use the power of numbers to boycott good and helping in Fighting and suffocate the cash flow and military assistance to the British to get their independence and self-govern themselves.(doc6) The Indian passive resistance leaders such as Ghandi knew that they couldn’t win by force but by self sacrifice and over time the sacrifices would lead to change because if no one follows a law it isn’t really a law at all and the British realized this after so long and gave India their

Salt laws taxed the production of indian salt so that the country had to import british salt. Gandhi and his supporters began long march to produce salt and transporting it without paying any tax on it. The British arrested tens of thousand of people, and refused to make any concessions. It was even limited by its failure to win the muslims support. When the campaign began to have long-term effects that weighed against its failure to win its immediate goals. The first instance was inspiring for those who were taking part since there weren’t that many organized before. The second thing is that it announced to the whole world that Indian masses were a force and the British authorities were obligated to negotiate with their leader. The third instance stimulated further, when finally the salt march began to have a tremendous influence on the thinking and strategy of other insurgents such as Martin Luther

I know this because although britain claimed to gift India and her people with an absence of killing, and mutual respect, the British people have proven otherwise with the Amritsar massacre, and violent threats. To elaborate, Dr. Lalvani claims that there was a “noticeable absence of killings”, but this contrasts to the fact that in 1919, General R. E. H. ordered 50 Indian soldiers to open fire upon 20,000, killing 400 and injuring 1,200. This is important because it directly contrasts Dr. Lalvani’s previous claim that India had a noticeable absence in killings, with 400 being the dead. Finally, Dr. Lalvani claimed that there was mutual respect between Indians and britons. But, on the contrary, “Britain’s own cloth manufacturers conspired to cut off the fingers of bengali weavers and break their looms” (Document 3). This is very important because threats of violence and destruction of property against Indians is absolutely not

To start with, the Sepoy Rebellion had both positive and negative affects on India. The Sepoy Rebellion, also known as Indian Mutiny, took place between 1857-1858. The Sepoy Rebellion was the revolt that began with Indian

British held most of the political and economic power. Things like cash crops became very insignificant for the Indian villagers. It decreased the food production which led to the increase of famines within India. Finally, it brought more racists to India which threatened their traditional lifestyles. There were positives to work in with the British. For example, their railroad network became the third largest in the world. After the railroads were completed it allowed India to modernize its economy. Modernization brought things such as, a modern road network, telephone and telegraph lines, dams, bridges, and irrigation canals. Sanitation and public health also increased, along with school literacy. Finally, the British got rid of the local warfare among competing local

When Britain wormed their way into controlling India, Indians had no say or voice in this conquest. While Britain made it appear as if they were helping India by westernizing and administering them, they were actually stripping India of natural resources, safe life for civilians, and a access to a loyal army. Britain considered India to be extremely beneficial on account of their plentiful resources, and huge population. By controlling India, Britain would receive great profit and it was extremely simple to take over because India had no power. After the East India Company took over, a government organization that was indirectly ruled by Britain Indians lost control of their country. The resources in India were required by Britain because of the mass amount of machinery in Britain used for the new and growing, industrial revolution. Although Britain may

The British being there led to the end of Mogul Empire which was good for non-muslims, introduced a stronger more aligned nation, helped bring India into the modern ages by creating a better education system by creating schools. Gaps between Indians narrowed due to the trains and similar languages(English). Postal services were introduced and one government ruling helped created a more controlled environment. The nation was unified with the new Western influence in their country. The English, though, did not respect the Indians, destroying local industries, replacing them with textile mills were women and children were forced to work where only the beginning of what the English brought. The Indians had no say in how their country was being run because of the English government being the center of government, and not allowing Indians a say in their government . The unification that the English brought and the unfair ruling created India's civil war in 1857, which the Indians later won. After India revolted, the country flourished in trade and governing their own nation with no English in the way. India benefited from the English being in the country. Culturally and economically each society was influenced profoundly by the impact of Western ideas. Western Ideas weren't the only thing to affect society in these countries though, Confucianism was also a major impact.

The colonization of India and the immense transfer of wealth that moved from the latter to Britain were vital to the success of the British Empire. In fact, the Viceroy of British India in 1894 called India “the pivot of our Empire …” I examine the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the subcontinent. Besides highlighting the fact that without cheap labor and raw materials from India, the modernization of Britain during this era would have been highly unlikely, I will show how colonial policy led to the privation and death of millions of natives. I conclude that while India undoubtedly benefited from British colonial rule, the negatives for the subject population far outweighed the positives.