The Indian Of Indian Bengal

On April 9, 1946, Muslim League's Central and Provincial Legislators had requested through a determination that the six territories of Bengal and Assam in upper east and Punjab, N.W.F.P, Sindh and Baluchistan in the northwest be constituted into a sovereign and the autonomous condition of

The general cause of the Indian Independence Movement was India’s desire for independence from British, French and Portuguese Rule. The aim of the movement was “Swaraj, a self-governing India” (Sharma, 2005, p. 22). One, more specific, cause of the Indian Independence Movement took place in 1905 when the province of Bengal was divided into two provinces,

Britain had taken an economic interest of India long ago in the 1600’s. India had quickly become the “Jewel of the Crown.” However as time went on, the British’s interest had developed India into a target for imperialism. In 1757, the British empire had won their battle and took control. The Englishmen had taken India’s power, caused them poverty, killed their environment, drove them into starvation, increased death rates, and wasted their time with ineffective education.

Before 1971, Bangladesh was divided into two regions; both with opposing political power. Although East Pakistan (Bangladesh) withheld the larger population between the two provinces, it acquired much less political dominance than West Pakistan. Through the power and representation of leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, East Pakistan rebelled. Rahman, leader of political party ‘The Awami League’ demanded more powers both politically and economically. This struggle finally cumulated into the war of independence for East Pakistan.

Many people believe that in the 1940’s most of India’s problems involving independence was to do with divisions within India rather than British imperialism. In this essay I will be looking at both points of view and finally giving my opinion. I will be using three sources also to help me show both sides of the story. I will also be using my further knowledge to add a wider range of knowledge.

Modern day Pakistan’s land has traditionally been Muslim for many years. In the early nineteenth century it was ruled by Britain and considered part of the British Indian Empire. In 1947, a partition was granted from the British, and Pakistan and India were created as their own countries. As the previous British Empire divided,

Although it could be argued that Britain unified India 500 million diverse Indians, and built a strong Indian army, they had an extremely strict cruel government that eliminated Indians freedom and used their own army against them as punishment. According to Dr. Lalvani imperialism in India resulted in “the bringing together of several different states into one unified India” However before the British came to India Hindus and Muslims lived together in peace for centuries. And while Britain was present and after they left the two religious groups were extremely divided and violently fought. Including wars that resulted in “5,000 people dead and 12,000 people hurt” (Gandhi). Britain encouraged separation and division of Muslims and HIndus because of the attack strategy, “divide and conquer” upon the idea that it would be easier to take over and govern a country that was fighting among

Is there Indian in your family? Do you know their history? Well, let me take the time to tell you a part of their history. An event in the year of 1874-75, Indian's in the southern plains were asked to be put into reservations so that the government could have the land that the tribes had. There were four tribes during that time that fought the U.S Army for their land. The four tribes were: the Comanches, the Kiowas, the Southern Cheyennes and the Arapahos. To this day all Indian tribes are on reservations. The battle can be broken down into 5 subtopics: who, what, when, where, and why.

The British’s goal to separate the Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs was a total disaster. “The trouble was that Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs were an integrated population so that it was impossible to make a border without widespread dislocation.” This quote states that making a border was impossible because the groups aren’t meant to be spread apart. “By the end of 1947 there were virtually no Hindus or Sikhs living in west India - now part of Pakistan - and no Muslims in the Indian east.” This explains how the British made Pakistan because of the partition. “The British government and Mountbatten must bear a large part of the blame for this tragedy." Therefore, the British caused religious violence and disagreement against each

Not only did Bengal have an abundance of resources that the British then controlled, but they were able to control it while still making it appear as though the Indian ruler was in charge. One of the important reasons the book points out that allowed the British to be to secure control in India was their control of the seas. Because trade was primarily done by ships, the British had bragging rights to the sea unlike its enemies.

Nonetheless, after Great Britain’s exponential period of growth and prosperity, they encountered rising opposition. Examining British Imperialism’s overbearing effects on the Indian society as a whole traces the pathway leading to the fight for Indian Independence. British Imperialism’s extremely protruding effects on India hold the sole answer to why India actively fought for independence against Britain in full force but did not strive to do so against previous, foreign powers.

The British rule in India can be summarised in two facts which are “India’s per capita income went stagnant from 1757 to 1947” and “the life expectancy of Indians fell by 20 percent” (Davis, 2000). This shows that the British rule in India was not one in which India flourished but it deteriorated. The British brought about changes in all spheres of life. There brought about many social, cultural and economic changes however, this paper will only focus on the economic aspect of colonialism. The British tried to commercialise Indian agriculture and therefore, promoted cash crop farming. They forced farmers to move away from traditional and subsistence based farming and practice cash crop farming. This shift caused many farmers to suffer as they did not get much share in the profit even though the demand for cash crops like cotton and wheat was very high. The farmers fell into poverty and lived in terrible conditions whereas, the middle

Colonization has this persuasive effect on indigenous people that are in lower-rank cultures. The indigenous people start to show denigration, or belittlement towards themselves. Then, they begin to show signs of self-hatred among themselves. A masquerade of sorts hides the repression that the colonizers place against the indigenous people, the abuse of power by the colonizers, and the unfair treatment for work purposes towards the indigenous people. The original effect of Britain in India was one of an advertisement project, in such terms.

In 1940 the all-Indian Muslim league declared its desire for a 'Pakistan' meaning 'land of the pure' under the confederation of an all Hindu state called 'Hindustan' or the 'land of the Hindus'. however a 'Pakistan' under the Indian rule seemed impossible, and

While the Mughal Empire was slowly declining the British East Indian company was flourishing which was company who was trading with India and China and their main trade was cotton, silk, saltpetre and most important tea. Generally the trading opportunity for the British led them into the subcontinent of India allowing them to exercise military power and later on administering administrative functions. Also they wanted to conducted trade in Bengal as well but Nawab of Bengal ruler opposed the British attempts to do so. Due the opposition from Bengal it led to the Battle of Plassey of 1757. As discussed in the text by Talbott and Asher the war led by Robert Clive was successful because they defeated the Nawab forces which led to him being appointed governor of Bengal as a result of the war. The British continued to reign at greater pace and by the late 17th century another battle occurred which was the Battle of Buxar and the result of this was that the EIC was given rights under Mughal ruler Shah Alam to conduct administrative duties as necessary in Bengal. As one would expect the Mughal should