Company rule in India

Earlier, the East India Company was mainly concerned with carrying on its business in India i.e., it was mainly concerned with trade and commerce in India. Towards the end of the 18th century the East India Company assumed real power after the Battle of Plassey and Buxar in 1764. Its administration was however in the hands of the people of commerce whose main interest was in making money for serving their own vested interests rather than providing the people under their jurisdiction with an…

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…

Rum, coffee and tea significantly contributed to the shift in power in the world at different periods in time each in their own way. Rum gave power to many different people including slave owners, coffee sparked an enlightenment, and tea gave a company power over the British government. The world would be a very different place without these…

Imperialism In India Off in the distance you hear gunshots, screaming, and army officials yelling at weak, starved, unarmed Indians. This is what life was like in 1757-1947 India. British control of India started as a small trading outpost named the British East India Company. As the Moghal Empire of India collapsed in 1707, India had no government or rule and chaos broke out. The British East India Company saw this and sent in a small army of British troops to take control of small cities.…

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…

society. Although they brought India political and economic development, imperialism was more beneficial to Britain themselves but less for Indian society overall. The period of the Raj started because from the years 1857 to 1858 a rebellion against the British took place called the Indian Revolt. It began with a rebellion by Indian troops serving in the army of the British East India Company. Once some of the Indian troops began to revolt, the rebellion against British rule spread rapidly…

grateful for what you have and who you are”. Later on, we asked her if there was one person is history you would want to meet who would it be? Without any hesitation or thought, she immediately said Mahatma Gandhi. She felt that not only did he liberate India, but also he shed light on an era of peace. I remember her specifically saying, “Gandhi taught us how to love with an open heart”. My story that I encountered with the Indian lady opened my eyes to the reality of life. Ignorant…

East India Company. By expanding its trade enterprise into the Indian subcontinent, The Company, hoped to both fund the administrative costs of its day-to-day operations and generate sizeable profits (John 21). After some initial difficulty, the Mughal emperor, Jahangir, allowed the Company to trade in 1612. Two decades after this agreement, the first trading port was established in Bengal. As the Mughal empire suffered through war, the depletion of resources, and declining health, the Company…

nations have been subjected to imperialism. In particular, India and Africa have both seen their fair share of being ruled by another nation. Both these two regions had differing imperial experiences, much to do the aims of the imperialize to the independence movements indorsed by the native people. But, the imperial experience in India was much less destructive and more effective than the one in Africa. The process of the subjugation in both India and Africa can be considered evil. Looking at…

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 of their own; soon the entire Indian sub continent came under British…