British Raj

Gujurat, India during the height of British imperialism of the 18th century, the impoverished villagers struggled to make end meet with the prolonged drought and the impossibly high taxes brought about by the British officers in the state. Of course, the officers thought, the entire village must resent them. But, they reasoned with themselves; what could a village of weak Indians do anything about it? The officers were right; the villagers absolutely loathed the British officers but they just…

over weaker nations. British imperialism reached many nations across the globe effecting each in a different way. In some areas the British reached had positive impacts, bringing infrastructure, trade, and wealth to the area. While in other places there were negative impacts like exploitation, and disaster. India was unfortunately subject to both. However, for the vast majority, Imperialism in India had many positive effects during the Raj through their infrastructure, the British railways, the…

Detrimental Though the British created a new political and social system in the Raj, the outcome and methods behind these additions proved to be detrimental to the Indian culture and survival. The British exploited the Indians lack of power in the government and deficient literacy rates to strip them of and violate their culture. As a result of British rule, all Indians had no voting rights and no say at all in the decisions made within their country. This allowed the British to break apart…

resistance. He was also a leader in the struggle to gain India independence from Great Britain. The British government assumed leadership over India in 1857 and started a government called the “Raj”. In 1919, Britain passed the “Rowlatt Act”. It stated that the Raj could put people in jail for being suspected of sedition with no trial. Gandhi declared satyagraha, which means “devotion to truth” against the Raj, which launched a campaign of nonviolent disobedience. Gandhi then became the face of…

on the oppressed and the oppressors. In Shooting an Elephant, Orwell recounts his experience in Burma as a police officer. Despite Orwell’s contempt towards imperialism and support for the Burmese, he is often caught between his hatred towards the British Empire and personal resentment of the Burmese. Similarly, in The Guest, Daru, a French-Algerian school teacher, is often in conflict between his allegiance to France and his own personal morals. Despite Daru’s best attempt to disassociate…

Are you still haunted by certain decisions you deemed regrettable? In the essay, “shooting an Elephant” George Orwell described an unsettling personal experience that occurred while he was employed as a British police officer in Burma. Even though Orwell was an authority figure with military supremacy, Orwell was still being ill-treated and made a mockery of by the Burmese. Orwell is soon involved in a predicament with dealing with a must elephant that killed a coolie. Now, Orwell is helplessly…

The legacies of colonialism/imperialism by the French, British and the Japanese powers in Asia have garnered a debate between the relationship of economic expansion and colonialism/imperialism. Colonial and Imperial apparatuses in Asia can be clearly marked as experiences that are both differing and similar in terms of economic expansion, within Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and India, in both their impact and relationship between the two but also in the impact that it had left in each nation. The…

politician, philanthropist and cricketing legend Imran Khan. The British approached India at the commencement of the seventeenth century. With time, The British East India Company accumulated power and began to administrate the country. Nonetheless Indians detested its policies and together they revolted against the company. This led to the downfall of the company and the administration of India went directly under the Queen. The British annexed many princely states and formed laws and policies…

India’s movement towards independence involved a non-violence resistance against the British. In the 17th century, the Crown imperialized India by forcing large taxes and taking control of India’s international affairs. Eventually, the people of India were very determined to gain full control and independence that they started using many non-violent practices through the Swadeshi Movement, Civil Disobedience, and the Rowlatt Bills. First, the Swadeshi Movement was an act that took on the goal…

diction to reveal an attitude of bitterness and resentment towards the Burmese natives, despite having to prove his strength and dominance as a British soldier. Orwell opens his piece by revealing his antipathy toward imperialism and the British regime. This is evident when he claims that he “was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, the British” (285). Although he is always mocked and jeered at by the Natives, he strongly opposes…