India Essay

and official rule of the British Empire in India between 1858 and 1947. The British rule had started unofficial when the East India Company ruled large parts of India with its private armies, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Company rule in India began effectively in 1757 and lasted till 1858 when, following the Indian Rebellion (1857), the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of India in the form of the new British Raj.…

These people think it expands the knowledge of those in more rural parts of India and helps them broaden their mindset into a more westernized culture. According to the National, the films “felt closer to the West than it did in rural India” (Raghavendra). Instead of using India culture and its values for movies, Bollywood is trying to make its industry like Hollywood, rather than embracing the uniqueness of Indian culture. Instead…

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…

The British first began moving into India by setting up trade posts in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. When the Mughal Empire collapsed, the British East India Company moved in and took over. The company had an army of sepoys run by British officers. India was treasured greatly by the British due to ir being a major supplier of raw materials and full of potential buyers for British made products. Although Britain's administrative control over India was efficient, leading to a massive increase in…

higher education in India has been witnessing an increase in enrollment number across social groups such as first generation, female, rural and the lower caste students. This has changed student demographics in academic disciplines. Due to diverse students’ group on college campuses, the higher education institutions are facing diversity, social justice and discrimination issues. Caste-based discrimination is one of the issues which is pervasive across the institutions in India (Neelakandan &…

of the British presence in India, but the primary reason can be connected to the crumbling Mughal Empire at the time. The growing cost of war, the rise of regionalism, and the failure of the Mughal financial system were some of the forces that contributed to the decline of the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire’s decline set the stage for British colonialism in India, as the waning power of the Mughals allowed the East India Company to slowly expand and take over India through a combination of…

categorize into classes and the caste system in ancient India was that the categorization was the sole basis of people’s futures. The caste system was determined based on birth and people rarely had relations with others outside their own caste. Also, each caste, or Varna, had a certain duty to contribute to society. The four castes were called Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. There are several theories on how the caste system in India began. Some historians believe the root cause…

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…

who believed they were stronger and better. India was one of the many countries imperialized in the late 1800’s. Britain was the one that colonized it around 1850 but their East India Company was gaining control before then. They were given famine, death, and disagreements for a period in time. Britain’s legacy was kept in the culture, army, and government to say a few. India was given the chance to grow from Britain’s imperialism and they took it. India was under the control of many different…

On June 23 1985, Air India flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montreal-Delhi route. As the plane was in Irish aerospace, en route to Toronto at 31,000 feet, a bomb located in the cargo hold detonated (Remembering Air India 182), and resulted in the death of 329 souls, 268 of them being Canadian citizens. (The victims) Nobody survived the crash. Five minutes prior to the attack, another bomb went off while being checked in Narita International, Japan. The bomb killed 2 baggage handlers…