The Influence Of The British Colonization Of India
How the Colonization of India was 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 important hindu values, like the caste system. The caste system in india was a seperation of the people into 4 major categories. Each of these categories were placed into four different levels, the brahmins at the top and …show more content…
The new system enlarged the gap between the untouchables and the brahmins. Additionally by taking political rule over india, the British made themselves the kshatriyas ( a caste under the brahmins) while they were considered above brahmins altering the system further. The new system also permitted the change of caste making it possible for people lower caste people to move up while the British forced others into being untouchables. Furthermore, the schooling introduced to india, pushed the english language and western teachings into the minds of Indian children in an attempt create Indian workers with higher education to work into different fields allowing to change class.(Kaul) Often, these schools pushed the christian religion on the Indian children and young adults, causing many Indians to completely change religion in the hopes that it would make them more successful due to their similarities to the highest classes. These changes that the British placed on india convey a highly adverse consequence …show more content…
The British Raj had created an incredible economy in india by accessing thousands of square mile of land and used the lion's share of it to produce cash crops which supplied endless wealth to the British. As a result of the British government producing primarily cash crops, which are not intended for consumption, the British were forced to transport food to the workers in the rural areas where there was little to no food. This meant that the lives of hundreds of millions of people were reliant upon the function of a train network. In instances such as the Upper Doab famine of 1860–61, the transportation system wasn't able to bring any food the the people for many months resulting in the death of 2 million Indians and entire populations being wiped out. Such carelessness from the British rule India resulted in more than an estimated 25 million deaths from 1858-1914 alone. These famines were not at all a result of the lack of food that was imported, it was purely a result of the British government failing to make ethical decisions. A famine in the Madras Presidency was said to be caused by the British practice of pure capitalism. The region still exported scarce amounts of rice and other domestic crops that was produced in order to maximize profits, this decision was made by the British government in the middle of a famish just increasing the death toll of
Effects Of British Rule On India
To begin with, Britain opened schools that taught English so the Indians could communicate; English became many Indians' second language, and today, India is the second largest English speaking country. On top of that, the British changed their social practices significantly; before, the Indians believed in female infanticide, sati, and polygamy, but when the British expressed their beliefs, they introduced the ideas of liberty, equality, freedom and human rights; women started having better educations and more public employment. It is said that, at one point, Indians began feeling embarrassed of their own ancestors and became strong believers of colonization. As you can see, Britain really changed the ways Indians thought and how they went about in their daily…
The Bengal Famine
The Bengal Famine of 1769 is a pivotal example. Due to drought and the lack of Company action, the Indian subcontinent paid the price of 10 million people. Under previous leadership, where rulers were quick to act on unforeseen circumstances, the Company did the opposite. In addition to the lack of response, the Company feared that they would lose their agricultural revenue because of the influx of farmer deaths. As a result, the British officials decided to raised taxes.…
The Impact Of British Imperialism On India
Secondly the British built many railroads and Lalvani claims that this was to India's advantage by creating jobs for the 1.6 million workers on that payroll (lalvani). That was very incorrect because the railroads were really made to transport India's fine goods and resources back to England where the rich leaders could make a profit. "While people in India were starving because they had no money to buy food, the rice and wheat grown in India were exported and sold in England where people had the money to purchase the food (document 8)." This was very unfair to the natives because the food that they used to grow was taken from them for money that they didn't have to get back, this started a large famine with up to 10 million dead. The British imperialism didn't help even…
The Effects Of British Control On India
The effect the British caused on the people of India was primarily negative. They stole from ancient shrines and sacred places, and they caused many famines. They protected other ancient buildings like the taj mahal (#20). Some shrines were completely baron due to English tourists taking artifacts, and Englishmen took whole sections of ruins(Quora.com). This shows how disrespectful and how much the british ruined Indian culture and some major parts of India socially, even though they claim to have protected these types of buildings.…
Impact Of British Imperialism On India
Although there was 10,000 miles of railroads for the British and Indians to both ride on (Lalvani). The British built the railroads to steal the Indians and spread their materials to other British people and use it to their advantage and make clothing in their factories and make them ready to sell (Doc 7). The railroads were not meant for the Indians to use which they thought it was for but it was for the British to take the Indians materials. While they were also cutting down many trees which were dropping salt in the Indians crops. Although the british did help the endangered species (Lalvani).…
Analysis Of Mike Davis Planet Of Slums
The wealthy land owners paired with the banks then utilized the movement of these dispersed poor to turn a profit on land speculations. The poor who moved into cities looking for jobs instead were left jobless as the rich just continued to get even more wealth. In Mumbai for example the World Bank promised slum upgrading on a massive scale, but never yielded any results. Mike Davis writes, " The sanitation program, for example, had aimed to provide 1 toilet seat for every 20 residents, but the achieved ratio was only 1 per 100, and sporadic maintenance of the facilities nullified any public-health advantage."(73). The World bank failed to actually provide any aid to the poor and instead failed to fulfill their promises.…
What Is The First Amendment Essay
The colonists petitioned for change in regards to taxes and other laws. Consequently, the FF created the first amendment to guarantee that individuals had the right to protest and petition when things aren 't going as they like. They knew so many laws restricted their basic human rights and they couldn't do much about it. The government could not make laws according to what the people wanted, so protesting was useless and it ended pretty bad. When they did protest, for example protesting against the Sugar Act and the Boston Tea Party, Britain refused to listen to them; instead the government just got mad and restricted even more.…
Grounder Culture Essay
The colonial rule was a direct cause of India 's deindustrialization. While entire villages were being decimated, crops destroyed and burned, the British took whichever riches they wanted, a lot of which has still not been returned. When the people of India fought back they were seen as savages and barbarians over eager to kill. Often cited as a benefit to Colonized India is the Indian Railway, but these were not built to help India. They were built to make it easier for the British to transport goods and raw material so that they could get to Britain faster.…
Imperialism In Russia And China
There was not enough food production nor were there many job opportunities. "The machinery of government had been reasonably well-suited for a smaller population, yet a proportionate increase in administrative personnel was not made to keep pace with the population" (Crisis 1). Since China decided not to further industrialize and create larger amounts of machinery, the people had to suffer. A similar famine occurred in Russia, "roughly 13 million out of 35 million citizens living in the famine area suffered from crop failure" (Ketchum 1). Both famines primarily had to do with droughts, but since the government did not make the needed reforms, the citizens had to starve.…
Political Effects Of British Imperialism
British forced the people of India to grow cash crops because they wanted to sell the crops and make even more money (Gandhi). By growing many cash crops so Indians could gain money to feed themselves and pay the outrageous taxes, many people didn't want to buy them because the demand was not always present, so the British gave the Indians very little pay (Doc 8). This is significant because many Indians had no other source of income, leaving them with no money to purchase food, leading to hunger. Even with the very little amount of income the British gave, it was no match to the taxes and expensive food the British made them pay. It also led to people in England getting the exported food nobody in India could buy, because people in England had enough money to purchase…
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