British Indian Rebellions

During the 1800s, India was considered a “jewel in the crown,” especially to the British. India was good for its location, weather, and abundance of cash crops. Though the British brought about many new technology and infrastructure , the Indians still felt like they were disrespected in a sense that they were treated unfairly. The British began to increase their unreasonable laws that contradicted Indian culture. This spiked many uprisings and rebellions. As a result, the British Raj ended up having a negative impact on the Indians because they had begun to lose political, economic, and social control.
The British had extremely unlawful policies that made the Indians despise them. For example, any Indian prince who died without an heir to
The Indians were mainly of the Hindu and Muslim religions. The Hindu Indians wanted to use their religion to signify to collect legitimisation. They believed in some things that the British didn’t, and forcing them to change religions was a highly disrespectful thing to do. The caste system was manipulated for British and Indians in the higher class. The British took the original system from the Hindu religion and changed it so that it fit to their standards. Being a part of the “untouchables”, which was the lowest caste there was, meant that you were disadvantaged and shamed upon.
In conclusion, the British became very selfish when it came to imperialism in India. The British were very clever with their elaborate plans to rule over India. That is probably a reason why the British were successful and the Indians were not. Though they brought a lot of mini wars and rebellions in India and multiple other nations, the British also brought some changes that would last a lifetime, in India and around the world. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Among many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the