Jessica Wang
HISTORY
India officially became a British colony after 1858. Queen Victoria decided to call herself Empress of India and then the Council of India was set up in England. Then India was divided into three zones, which were Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. The British continued to expand the railways and in 1868 the Delhi Railway Line was started. There were many famines because of adminstrative failures. So India was forced to produce cash crops, and were forced to buy British goods. Peasants had to borrow money from the British and pay high taxes.
Bengal was divided by the British into Muslim and Hindu areas. The British wanted to create tensions between the two groups and then partition Bengal. There were many protests against the partition, but some people, like Gopal Krishan Gokhale, wanted to be loyal to the government, while others, like Lokmanya Bal Gangadher Tilak, wanted freedom.
The Suez Canal was completed in 1869, and it made a direct route from Great Britain to India through Egypt. This made transportation and communication go around much quicker. But, there were many protests against the foreign rule, so from 1890 to 1947 the government of the Indian National Congress struggled and tried really hard to keep control of India. A really famous and remembered person who led the rebellion was Ghandi. India finally gained independence in 1947.
But there were advantages because of the British rule too. The British helped India to trade worldwide, and helped India's economy a lot. British rule also helped India's agriculture by bringing in lots of irrigation systems. The British helped India into better education, where men and women can learn equally, and the government passed a Child Labor Law, where no child under the age of seven could be employed or hired to work. The British really helped India into it's future.
Bengal was divided by the British into Muslim and Hindu areas. The British wanted to create tensions between the two groups and then partition Bengal. There were many protests against the partition, but some people, like Gopal Krishan Gokhale, wanted to be loyal to the government, while others, like Lokmanya Bal Gangadher Tilak, wanted freedom.
The Suez Canal was completed in 1869, and it made a direct route from Great Britain to India through Egypt. This made transportation and communication go around much quicker. But, there were many protests against the foreign rule, so from 1890 to 1947 the government of the Indian National Congress struggled and tried really hard to keep control of India. A really famous and remembered person who led the rebellion was Ghandi. India finally gained independence in 1947.
But there were advantages because of the British rule too. The British helped India to trade worldwide, and helped India's economy a lot. British rule also helped India's agriculture by bringing in lots of irrigation systems. The British helped India into better education, where men and women can learn equally, and the government passed a Child Labor Law, where no child under the age of seven could be employed or hired to work. The British really helped India into it's future.
PLACES
Many buildings were built in India during British colonization. The General Post and Telegraph Office, the Crawford Market which reflected the designs back in England, St. John's College, and the High Court were all built back then. The British built many buildings, and a lot of them are still famous today. St. John's college is located in Agra. None of these are really good places to visit, but there are theaters and maybe some other buildings that the British built there that you can visit.
MOVING ON
The topic that I am connecting to is non-violence. Ghandi, as mentioned before, led a peaceful rebellion which let the British leave India. Ghandi told everyone that they shouldn't do a rebellion with violence, so their way of doing this was to boycott British salt, clothing, and other goods. In 1947, the British withdrew from India.This connects to colonization because the British colonized India, and Ghandi was the one who finally stopped it. But even though Ghandi led the British out of India successfully with non-violence, there was still a civil war between Hindus and Muslims after the seperation of Pakistan and India.
REFERENCES
-No Author. Gateway for India. Indian History. http://www.gatewayforindia.com/history/british_history3.htm. Last updated date 2005. Went on April 30th, 2012
-No Author. The Chapin School.
iSpace class of 2010. https://gatornet.chapin.edu/~mmn/ispace2.html. Last updated date 5/14/2007. Went on May 3rd, 2012
-No Author. The Story of India. Colonization. http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/gallery/photos/21.html.
Last updated date 2008. Went on April 30th, 2012
-No Author. The Chapin School.
iSpace class of 2010. https://gatornet.chapin.edu/~mmn/ispace2.html. Last updated date 5/14/2007. Went on May 3rd, 2012
-No Author. The Story of India. Colonization. http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/gallery/photos/21.html.
Last updated date 2008. Went on April 30th, 2012