British Raj

March in protest of British rule. This particular march forged a spiral of events across the country that eventually ushered in the era of India’s independence. Gandhi initially led seventy-eight of his nonviolence disciples from Sabarmati Ashram to the seaside village of Dandi, with many more joining the Salt March as the crowd passed through several Indian towns and villages in the twenty-four day trek. As the name suggests, the Salt March was conducted to protest against the British…

2.0 Overview of the Indenture System in Fiji Fiji was ceded to Great Britain in 1874 and the first Indian indentured labourers were brought to Fiji in 1879 (Lal, 2004). This new colony of Fiji was in a dire need of economic development so that it could sustain itself in the long run. Fiji’s first governor general, Sir Arthur Gordon, protected the Fijian labourers from commercial employment and believed that Fijians should continue to live in their own traditional surroundings, protected from the…

Plot and settings of “Train to Pakistan” “Train to Pakistan” is written by “Khushwant Singh”. It was published in 1956. This novel based on partition. The novel began with the description of weather. It was the summer of 1947 and was hotter and longer than usual. People started thinking that it was the punishment of their sins. Bloodshed and riots were at peak due to the air of partition of India. The settings of this novel based on a small imaginary village near the north southern part of India…

and results into the environmental degradation. The novel is interlocked in the various historical events like colonization of Burma by the British, the First World War, and conquest of Japan over Russia, the intense changes wrought by World War II etc. It’s a story that initiates in Mandalay in the year 1885 and extents up to the three generations. The British force, consists with more Indians, invaded Mandalay and King, Thebaw and forced to leave Mandalay with Queen, Supayalat along with the…

The post-Independence, postcolonial narratives work out the constructs of the nation and analyze its text The dis¬courses or narratives written then and later address the issues of the 'new' nation-mapping of territorial spaces, the re¬grouping of communities, peoples, cultures, languages into a homogenous identity of being Indian and belonging to India. Within this text of national identity runs the sub-text of centrality and marginality. The schemes of the nation include or exclude people,…

outbreak of an anti-British rebellion. The introduction of the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle was the main cause of the rebellion. The cartridges that contained the gunpowder were greased with animal fat. While Muslim soldiers were prohibited to eat pork, it was forbidden for many Hindu soldiers to eat beef. Due to these religious views, a colossal uproar was caused. Thereby, many Indian soldiers refused to use weapons and follow orders. After the British government dissolved the British East India…

When I first stepped out of the plane in Mumbai, I paused and started to glance around the beautiful scenery that was in front of me. It was 5 AM; we got into the bus and the first thing I noticed was a cow half a mile away sitting on the street. I looked at my friends, and we started giggling. The city was like no other. Even at that time it seemed like the whole city was awake. The roads were filled with cars and “Tuk Tuks”. On each corner there would be a stand of food, clothing, or jewelry.…

It has been often argued from the British point of view that British rule in India actually helped India, I would like to discuss the views from India’s perspective and if the atrocities of British rules translates into Britain paying reparations to India. Britain’s rise for 200 years was financed by its thefts in India, Britain’s industrialization was actually based upon the deindustrialization of India. By the dawn of the 19th Centaury it is a noted fact that India was Britain’s biggest cash…

civilization through the means of trade, labor, and power. Britain followed this structure of civilizational expansion into areas where it could establish and maintain control through various social, economic, and political factors. The expansion of British domination took an effective hold in India first through the harnessing of resources,…

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…