Colonial India - Wikipedia
Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spices.
India under Colonial Rule, 1752-1933 | British Online Archives
Power and Preachers comprises 6 diverse primary source collections which detail the political, economic, and spiritual realities of British colonial rule in India.
British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月21日 — British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent following the uprising of 1857 and the abolition of the East India Company’s role in managing the region. It was instituted with the Government of India Act of 1858 and lasted until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Colonialism in India was traumatic - The Conversation
2017年8月11日 — In the early 1920s, the Indian independence movement grew in prominence and received a significant level of sympathy at home and abroad. In 1919, the Amritsar Massacre of unarmed protesters by...
India - Colonialism, Mughal Empire, Trade | Britannica
4 天之前 — India - Colonialism, Mughal Empire, Trade: The English venture to India was entrusted to the (English) East India Company, which received its monopoly rights of trade in 1600. The company included a group of London merchants attracted by Eastern prospects, not comparable to the national character of the Dutch company.
British Raj - Wikipedia
British India is shown in two shades of pink; Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Princely states are shown in yellow. The British Raj (/ rɑːdʒ / RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') [10] was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, [11] lasting from 1858 to …
A Summary of British Rule in India - ThoughtCo
2020年1月28日 — In 1905, the colonial government divided Bengal into Hindu and Muslim sections; this division was revoked after strong protests. Britain also encouraged the formation of the Muslim League of India in 1907.
History of the British Raj - Wikipedia
The British Raj was the period of British Parliament rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947, for around 89 years of British occupation. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the East India Company was transferred to …
India at 75: Colonised & Decolonised - MBC
2022年7月29日 — Colonisation in India took nearly 200 years – wiping medieval structure and replacing it whereby the British firmly established colonial rule. When colonisation took such a long time to establish itself, aren’t seventy five years too short a time for complete decolonisation?
EARLY COLONIAL INDIA BEYOND EMPIRE* JON E. WILSON King's College London abstract. Since 1947, the relationship between Indian society and the British empire has provided the most important frame of reference for scholars writing about the history of modern India. India is often treated merely as an exemplar of the colonial condition.