How Did British Control Over India

In 1707 the Moghal Empire collapsed, and the British East India Company took over. They ruled for 150 years, and it wasn't until 1857 that the sepoys rebelled against them, and the British East India Company called into the British government, who brought armed forces, and took over India. In their time of power, Britain created an efficient government, they built thousands of miles of railroad tracks all throughout India, and they gave them the opportunity to learn at Oxford and Cambridge. Despite that, India had almost no control over their government, the British created a problem with the people of India, killing millions of their own, their railroad tracks were used to extract cash crops, which brought famine and poverty, leaving the majority of the Indian population uneducated. …show more content…
After over 200 years of British rule, the Indians finally gained their independence. With mutual respect between the Indians and the British, the transition from colonial rule to independence was peaceful (Lalvani). Through all the years of British rule, they had caused conflict between the Hindus and the Muslims, when it came to independence, they created two separate countries for the two religions. While migrating to the country people felt most comfortable in, 1 million people were killed in combat (Gandhi). The wars and conflict between India and Britain had been settled, but the British had created an even bigger conflict within India itself. During British rule, there was an efficient government and administration in place (Lalvani). The only reason it was truly efficient, was because the Indians had no say, no control in what happened to their own government and their own country overall. British had almost complete control over India, and they made decisions which wouldn’t be made if the people of India had a choice (Doc