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    The Indian and British Imperialistic Political Battle Throughout the years of 1857 to 1858, the Indians and British fought in the Sepoy mutiny. During this time period, the British wanted to have a direct rule over India because of the surplus of natural resources such as pepper, cotton, and jewels. In order to earn trust from the Indian people, the British allowed them to have weapons. When the Indians began to uprise against the British for control over the territory, the British covered the…

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    Incendiary Imperialism: Britain’s Racial Relegation Amidst economic malaise, crumbling foreign influence and polarizing domestic turmoil, the inception of British ‘New Imperialism’ spurred large scale overhauls of economic and foreign policy and even larger scale ramifications in overseas assets. The birth of ‘New Imperialism’ maintained heavy racial underpinnings implying that a “civilization” should be comprised of Crown-loyal, ‘civilized’ subjects, otherwise known as a predominantly white…

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    majority may be insufficient. While India’s economy may have shown signs of improvement after the fall of the British Raj, there will prove to still be a great deal of income disparity today as a result of government corruption, a lack of education in specific regions, and…

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    located in the middle of the British Raj in India, when it was under the effective control of the British Empire for a long time, which developed a powerful economic control of the natural resources of the country, exploiting and exporting them to the most diverse places of the empire king George V and thereby creating a flourishing trade that benefited most the undisputed power in Britain grade. During this time, the population of India continually suffer the abuses of British colonialism, as…

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    the eventual independence of colonies because it taught natives the European assumptions of freedom and equality, thus providing the framework to become an independent state. I will specifically compare and contrast British approaches to education to British India and Africa. British India provided an apropos example of how education can successfully benefit…

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    conflicts in Shooting an Elephant. The first is British imperialism. The British took over Burma and they are treating the natives terribly. Second, the natives aren’t taking this imperial government kindly either as they continuously mock Orwell because he’s a symbol of the government and a vulnerable “obvious target” (Orwell). Orwell hates the way the British impose their power on the Burmese. Ironically, he works for the government which represents the British imperial rule. Orwell states,…

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    the British in India as an external influence on the internal, as the influence of the West on the East.India as an identity rests not only on the history of discrete people but also on cultures given its socio-political, socio-religious and socio-cultural scenarios. The emergence of India today as a very strong and solid nation with a deep root in democracy owes to the long experience of imperial government, its cultures and civilization. Therefore, the omission of the mention of the British…

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    1858-1947 Research Paper

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    The British government was unfamiliar with the land, culture, and geography; in addition, those in charge…

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    their search for independence, they would inevitably lose because they would not be able to defeat the mighty army of the British which had just come out victorious in World War I (Krishna 44). He inspired people around the country to fight back because he advocated that everyone no matter what class or religion they were a part of could help fight against the oppressive British Raj (Roberts 44). Demonstrations mirroring the values of Gandhi began to occur around the country. Nationalism…

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    British colonization was more tactical than that of other colonial rule. The key agenda of the British was to get maximum economic benefits from this region. In the beginning of 17th century, East India Company was granted permission by the Mughal ruler Jahangir to commence its business activities in India. This organization was supposed to do business and earn profits by trade via sea but soon they tried to become a monopoly and as they were fully armed therefore managed to draw its means from…

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