India Under British Rule India Under British Rule

India Under British Rule

India Under British Rule • European contact with India started because of European traders • Monopoly: complete control over a market or product

East India Company • Run by: British • Built: trading posts and forts all over India • Traded: gold/silver for cotton, silk, and tea

East India Company • European influence became stronger in India while Indian rulers (Mughals) lost power. • The East India Company was allowed to control trade in India • Britain forced Indian rulers to sign treaties granting the British greater power

East India Company • The East India company set up a law code and a court system • These angered many Indians because: ritual practices by Hindus were banned, Indians hated Christian missionaries, Indians hated higher taxes

How did British Rule affect India? • Improved roads, modernized ports, built railroads, started the telegraph system • The British forced Indians to buy expensive British made products… instead of locally made goods

How did British rule affect India? • To pay for this, Indians had to raise cash crops…. instead of food they could eat • CA$H Crops- tea, cotton, coffee

How did British rule affect India? • Improved health care and sanitary conditions……………. Led to population growth

India under British Rule • Sepoys were Indian troops who served in the British army • They became very mad because… - bullet cartridges were greased with cow fat - Indian soldiers had to fight for the British in foreign lands

Sepoy Rebellion: (1857) • Violent fighting between British and Sepoys • In the end, the British came out on top • After this rebellion: - British ruled most of India DIRECTLY - racism began to spread against the Indians

British Empire

How did British rule affect India? • Schools - for who? : higher-caste Indians - what was taught? : English language and culture - result? : British-educated Indian middle class emerged