Chapter 14, Section 3 British Rule In India. India – GB’s best colony.

Chapter 14, Section 3Chapter 14, Section 3

British Rule In IndiaBritish Rule In India

India – GB’s best colonyIndia – GB’s best colony

India – GB’s best colony!India – GB’s best colony!

India – GB’s best colony!India – GB’s best colony!

India – GB’s best colony!India – GB’s best colony!

Taj MahalTaj Mahal

British Rule In IndiaBritish Rule In IndiaBenefits

• Order/stability• Honest/efficient govt.• Better schools (for

upper class)• Railroads, telegraph,

postal service

Problems• Lots of $ being made, but

it all went to the British• Local industry ruined• Unemployment• High taxes/loss of land• Degradation/basic

freedoms lost (Indians weren’t equal to British, Indian customs ignored)

The Sepoy MutinyThe Sepoy Mutiny• British East India Company (BEIC), the main

trader, given right to rule colony

• Ruled with forts/soldiers from England, but also hired Indian soldiers – “sepoys”

• BEIC to start greasing bullets with cow/pig fat (sacred to Hindus/Muslims)

The Sepoy Mutiny (cont’d)The Sepoy Mutiny (cont’d)

• 1857 = Sepoys refuse, are arrested, then rebel

• Atrocities on both sides for about 1 year

• Result = BEIC power given to British govt., Queen Victoria now has all the power, Indian nationalism

An Indian Nationalist MovementAn Indian Nationalist Movement• Again, education assimilation comes back to

haunt the mother country

• At 1st, they preferred reform to revolution

• 1885 – Indian National Congress (INC)

• They want a say in their government!!

• Divided over Hindu/Muslim concerns

• Until….

The G.W. of India?The G.W. of India?• A young Hindu returned to his homeland of

India from South Africa

• He had been born in India in 1869, but went to study law in GB

• He represented those who had been racially discriminated against

• He wanted independence and equal rights through non-violent resistance

• Who is this person???

Mohandas GandhiMohandas Gandhi

Quotes from GandhiQuotes from GandhiAn eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Be the change that you want to see in the world.

Action expresses priorities.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Quotes from GandhiQuotes from GandhiA religion that takes no account of practical affairs and

does not help to solve them is no religion.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Quotes from GandhiQuotes from GandhiA 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.