The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.[3] The rebellion posed a considerable threat to East India Company power in that region,[4] and was contained only with
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The Evolution of the British presence in India For more than 200 years before the Indian Mutiny of 1857, there had been a British presence in India. British colonization began at Surat, after the establishment of a factory (the English term for the trading post system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories) in 1613. Over the years the British expanded, creating forts for protection and larger trading stations. Eventually, to make certain that there would be stability and a successful
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1) Between the years 1500 and 1800, what were the most important key events or forces that ultimately allowed the Europeans to establish authority in India? In the years between 1500 and 1800, there were many factors and events that led too the strong grasp of European influence and authority in India. In this time period, an international revolution in maritime trade exploded in Europe with the rise of sea power and advancements in navigation and ship building. Many European countries were
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The Indian Experience Wk. 4 By the early 19th century, Britain dominated India and the surrounding waters. India became the crown of the British Empire. The First Half of the Nineteenth Century, It took generations for the British East India Company to slowly conquer India, a project that had not been planned from the start. Slowly, states were brought under British 'protection', then direct rule. Many princely states survived, self-governed but subject to higher British authority. British
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“However well educated and clever a native maybe, and however brave he may prove himself. I believe that no rank we can bestow on him would cause him to be considered an equal of the British Officer.”(Lord Kitchener) New imperialism, the act of controlling territories under a greater power of greater nations, was popular during the nineteenth century. China and India were two independent nations, so similar, but yet also so different. Their imperialists had motives over raw material, resources, and
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them. This would imply that the revolt would be a unified nationalistic cause under a single leader or a group of leaders co-operating. However India’s mutiny lacks a clear cut leader or coherence between those who were proclaimed to be leading the rebellion. Lastly the mutiny was not on a national scale, only parts of the country revolted subsequently throwing the identification of the Indian mutiny as a war of independence into disarray. One interpretation of the 1857 Indian Mutiny claims that the
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A. The Rise of Imperialism in India. In the 1600's, the trade business was booming, India's rich resources in materials and man power enticed several European country's interest. The subcontinent, at the time, had many colonies with leaders that were not unified. They also had many years of internal conflict that weakened their government making it an attractive target to be taken over. It was England, in the end, that overthrew India's government and claimed her for England. They did this by
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Jea Yoon Han HI331 Prof. Curley November 3rd, 2014 The Empire of Good Intention The video, The Empire of Good Intentions, presents a complete account of the idealistic British Empire’s presence in India. Simon Schama reveals the fundamental aspects of governing principles of the Empire in India. He shows the effect of the free market economies and the liberal politics on the presence and the influence of British Empire in India. Some transformational occurrences in India such as the mutiny and
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Begum hazrat mahal The First War of Independence (1857-58) was the first general widespread uprising against the rule of the British East India Company. The Doctrine of Lapse, issue of cartridges greased with animal fat to Indian soldiers, introduction of British system of education and a number of social reforms had infuriated a very wide section of the Indian people, who rose in revolt at a number of places all over India. The East India Company was brought under the direct rule of the
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Nat Turner's Rebellion Nat Turner, a slave from Virginia, led a rebellion against slavery and as a result he was executed afterwards. Thomas Gray interviewed Turner before his execution and wrote the book “The Confessions of Nat Turner.” The rebellion started when Turner had a spiritual revelation that came from a religious passage, and according to him, that revelation was continuously repeating. He was strongly religious, and he believed he was meant to achieve a big purpose in life. Also, he
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