How Did British Imperialism Affect India

Throughout the world’s history imperialism has always appeared in almost every country. Imperialism has affected millions of lives around the world, some have prospered, some had no effect, and many of people died from imperialism. In India, there was no doubt that the British imperialism had some a big impact on India. Before the British imperialism, India was the home of many independent kingdoms, until a company called the “British East India Company” chartered by Queen Elizabeth centered India. The company fought against India in the Battle of Plessey where India lost its independence. Eventually the Indians wanted independence and the Sepoy Rebellion was the push they needed to try. They had to push the British Raj out of India. By 1885 the Indian National Congress party came into power. Some might say that without the British, India wouldn’t …show more content…
One example was the railways. According to “Innumerable bridge with 40,000 miles of railway and 70,000 miles of metalled road were made by the skills of British engineers.” (source). “Indian started to travel to other parts of India. Villages to big cities, more social interactions with people from different parts of India” (source). “Trains gave the options to transport people and goods to ports for export trades. In addition, food can be transported to famine regions.” (Source) From the British Imperialism in India, the British provided a vast amount of innovations that they gave to thee Indians. Bringing tens of thousands railways, connecting parts of India that have never been connected, cheaper railway tickets, and the opportunity to bring the end of famin. These railways even after the end of British Imperialism help lay the foundation of India’s technological innovations. However, in reality the cheaper tickets provided a cheaper quality of safety on trains. In addition, the problem with famine never improved with the railway