The Impact Of British Imperialism On Modern India

Imperialism had several diverse impacts on Asia, Africa, and Europe. The pros about imperialism, was that new roads and railroads that were built connected many parts of India. The introduction of the telegraph and postal systems united many people. Discovering new agricultural methods improved farming in the west and in Africa and Asia. Schools that were built by the British educated many people. Human rights were recognized, by ending customs that threatened many humans.

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.

India was the perfect target for Britain, every victory in India damaged France, it provided the raw materials which were becoming incredibly important because of the industrialisation of Britain and it brought much money to Britain. India was on the path to world domination for Britain. And the conquest of India certainly did benefit Britain in many ways, both economic and political.

“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.

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.

According to Dr. Lalvani, direct British rule led to more investments in building more roads, bridges, and railways. He also claims that both nations benefited by the trade routes and that the British help the Indians benefit from being imperialized because their railway system employs 1.6 million people. Although Dr. Lalvani makes the claim that the trains and railways are good and employs over a millions people even though the trains and railways were built in India to export all of India’s natural resources and beauty (doc 6). According to document 7, the food exports that were leaving for the British raised as India was dying of starvation. The British benefited more than the Indians because they had multiple increases in exports from India well the Indians were not allowed to sell any of the products plummeting their economy.

For Britain, there was barely a negative side to imperializing in India. British citizen did not change the way they went about their day at all. Prices of goods dropped which, of course made life easy, but nobody lost sleep over the colonization. Britain’s

The British colonialism in India started in the 19th century and ended in 1947, after the Mughal Empire and the Aurangzeb (that controlled India at that time) collapsed. One of the reasons for colonizing India was trade, due to India’s great amount of raw materials. This colonization caused many negative and positive consequences. The British treatment to the Indians was derogatory, consequently, the Sepoy rebellion started.

The British possessed most of the economic and political power and established restrictions, which the Indians were not allowed to go against. However, India received several benefits from Britain’s rule, mainly in economy and education. The British rule in India assisted India in developing its capital for the future, as an independent country. Britain discovered several raw materials, which could easily be produced in India, which meant more wealth.

From the time of the 1500s, a policy of expansion known as imperialism had been practiced by many countries due to political, economic and social reasons. The result of imperialism can be viewed differently based on a person or country’s perspective. Some country benefited from imperialism while others are imperialized and taken over. There are two time periods of imperialism, old and new imperialism. Old imperialism occurred from the 1500s-1700 while new imperialism occurred from the 1700s to the 1900s. Old imperialism focused on mercantilism and conquering while new imperialism focused on capitalism and obtaining resources. One area new imperialism was practiced was the Indian subcontinent.

European imperialism contributed to the development of European-style nationalism in India because it rid of slavery in the country, gave them a new standard s of humanity, taught the Indians how to come together, taught the English and they spread the belief of Christianity. It brought nationalism by separating the Muslims and the Hindus, but in a way, Great Britain knew they would never come together. The Indians also didn’t want be considered second class citizens. The Nationalist movement didn’t

Great Britain's interests in Imperializing india went up due to the trade post set up at Bombay made by East India Company. “The Industrial revolution had turned Britain into the World workshop, and India was its major supplier of raw materials for that workshop” (Roger B. Beck, pg. 357). Great Britain decided to Imperialize it to gain access to be able to get those resources on their own. Britain had then set up restrictions that prevent Indian economy operating on its own now. However many Indians began to become upset because they thought they were trying to convert them to becoming christian, and thought they were being racist to them.

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

It is during the late 19th century that the British Empire in India reached its most imposing appearance. The period before the 1880s witnessed what is sometimes considered as the climax of Victorian power, prosperity and enterprise. The most popular political themes of improvement, self-help and adaptation had brought immense wealth and led to an assertion of British naval power and to a significant industrial and technological advance. 1877 became the year of the inauguration of the Indian Empire. Consequently, a different approach to imperialism gradually set in but it required considerable political and strategic commitments. In addition, it was accompanied by a rise of foreign competition and by higher global growth rates. By the

The British authority that began in 1858, and extended over the Indian continent until 1947, had long-lasting and detrimental effects on India’s civilization. The British Raj contained the direct rule for India. Britain having rule over about 60% of India indirectly and gathered the other 40% of rule through native princes such as Kashmir, who followed the policies that were implemented by the British. The British developed India’s Infrastructure a great deal with more rail roads and telegraph lines also helping their economy with the development of tea, cotton agriculture along with coal and iron industries. Conversely, the policies that were created played a big role in the rise of violent conflict. Hansen Blom discussed in his book “The Saffron Wave,” about how the rise of this strong nationalist nation being implemented by the British Raj in India, was worrisome to western observers as they feared that political mobilization was being granted to lower class individuals. It was perhaps no coincidence that it was inside such upper caste and middle class colonies, carefully separated from other parts of society, that one finds the deepest mistrust and resentment of popular politics. The government and democracy was generally denounced as the root of all corruption in the country and dominated by undeserving men and women who have risen above their station because of reservations rather than talent and merit. The Indian nationalist movement, spearheaded by Indian leaders