Governor-General of India

The British East India Company first gained power in Bengal in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah surrendered his dominions to the Company. By 1773, when the Company settled their capital in Calcutta, they appointed their first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and henceforth became directly involved in the governance of almost all of India.When it came to the education policies that the Company implemented in India, not every Governor-General had the same beliefs

that happened in India is known also as the Mutiny of Sepoy in Britain and as the First War of Indian Independence among the Indian population. It started as the uprising of the soldiers of the Bengal Presidency Army that aimed to expel the British rule from the territory of India. However, the uprising spread very quickly all over the northern and central regions of India and soon the rebellion by the civilian population started in a significant number of military towns of India such as Allahabad

the culmination of the manifold grievances that Indians had against the East India Company’s rule. It was the first organized revolt against British rule in India. The revolt was led by exiled princes and displaced landlords and although being a popular revolt, it failed due to lack of organized planning on the part of the rebels and superior strength of the British. This revolt was confined only to north and central India. The discontent of the Sepoys was earlier widely believed to be the cause

colonial era of India. The colonial era of India, which spanned for nearly a century, manifests in great detail the ten tenets on which the very idea of colonialism is based on. Colonialism, as an endeavour, cannot sustain on its own, and as such it is very important to systematically study the cornerstones on which the very idea of colonialism is built on. The colonizers came in India with the purpose of making profits by engaging in trade and commercial practices. An English East India Company- to

One might argue that the most significant short term impact of the Indian Mutiny was the British taking direct control of India through crown control creating a positive relationship. The Indian Mutiny caused this short term impact as in the aftermath of the rebellion the British understood that the administration of India must be brought under closer government control to prevent such a mutiny recurring in the future. In addition to the British taking direct control the mutiny had various other

between India and Pakistan. The roots of the conflict are often traced back to August 1947, when the erstwhile British India was partitioned into two new nation-states – India and Pakistan. The foundation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was the ‘Two-Nation’ theory propounded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s, the Leader of the All India Muslim League till August 1947, and then the first Governor-General of Pakistan. The demand for a separate independent state for Muslims living in British India was founded

independence. Indian poets used words in such a beautiful manner that it moved people to happily sacrifice their lives, wealth and family for the sake of their country. Britishers feared that certain kind of literature was being distributed among people of India. Because of the patriotic songs and poems like “The desire to make a Sacrifice is in our hearts” Kunal 2 (Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna) and “O Mother! Dye My Robe

War of Independence was a turning point in the history of Britain in India. However, whether this lead to the formation of the British Raj, will be explicitly explored in this essay. The East India Company traded in cotton, silk, tea and opium. They won over Bengal after gaining victory in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, under Robert Clive. The East India Company functioned as the military authority in growing sections of India, as well. By 1770, heavy taxation and other policies had left millions

sati, but also often took credit of the practice’s abolishment in 1829. The specifics and history of this practice can be demonstrate through three divergent theories: stadial, hybridity, and post-structuralist. Lord William Bentinck, the governor-general of India (1833-1835), portrayed sati as a widely spread barbarous practice and demanded British action to help save the helpless Indian women. However, during his reign sati was not as omnipresent as the British colonists made it seem. A maximum

Unfortunately, the Indian Rebellion did not result in freedom for India. Eventually, the British government had taken control over India when sepoys brought down the East India Company, and established the British Raj. The British Raj was the British direct rule, and influence in India between 1858 and 1947. The American Revolution was also a rebellion against the British Empire. A violent revolution led by George Washington