Imperialism: Europe’s Quest to Conquer the World Imperialism: the establishment of a policy extending control or authority over foreign entities in a political‚ cultural‚ and economic way as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires. This is either through direct territorial conquest or settlement‚ or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. Some takeovers were brought upon by rivalries‚ while others would do it to boost the imperial
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Documents Selected Documents on Eighteenth Century Anglo-Indian Legal History Constitutional documents: These documents have been drawn from the excellent collection published in 19th-century Madras: J. Shaw‚ Charters relating to the East India Company from 1600-1761‚ (Madras: Madras government press‚ 1887). * The East India Company Charter of 1600 * The East India Company Charter of 1661 This new charter‚ issued by Charles II on his restoration‚ included provisions for
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(1807-1813) Marquis of Hasting (1813-1823) Lord M. Hurst (1823-1828) Lord William Bentick (1828-1835) Lord Auckland (1836-1842) Lord Ettanbarrow (1842-1844) Lord Harding (1844-1848) Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) Lord Canning (1856-1858) (After 1857 revolt of India‚ Governor General are called Viceroys of India) BRITISH VICEROYS (1858-1947) Lord Canning (1858-1862) Lord Elgin ( 1862-1863) Sir John Lawrence (1864-1869) Lord Mayo (1869-1872) Lord North Brook (1872-1876) Lord Litton
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virtually unprecedented‚ as it has affected the economic‚ socio-cultural‚ religious and political state of the country. More on Impact of British Rule in India • Impact of British Rule On Various Social Groups and Classes • British impact on Indian Law & Administration • Socio Cultural Impact Under The British Rule • Reconstruction of Calcutta during British rule • Conditions Of Peasants During British Rule Impact of British rule in India had been widespread throughout the country
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She is far from passive. It is in the context of this "dwelling in another man’s house" that Vedic regulations for women are invoked and popular sentiment demands an ordeal to prove her purity. This strength of character has not gone unnoticed by Indian women‚ who have found much in her to applaud.
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My idol is Rani Lakshmi Bai‚ The Queen of Jhansi. Originally named Manikarnika at birth (nicknamed Manu)‚ she was born on 19 November 1835 at Kashi (Varanasi) to a Maharashtrian Marathi Karhade Brahmin family as the daughter of Moropant Tambe and Bhagirathibai Tambe. She was also known as Chhabili by the Peshwa of Bithur because of her jolly ways. She lost her mother at the age of four. She was educated at home. Her father Moropant Tambe worked at the court of Peshwa at Bithur. The Peshwa of Bithur
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She was called Manu in her childhood. As a child she learnt how to read‚ write‚ and wrestle and how to ride a horse. She received her training as a soldier. She was married to Gangadhar Rao‚ the king of Jhansi. Mangal Pandey the cartridges used by Indian sepoys were greased with the fat of cow and pig. Mangal Pandey‚ whose name is often preceded by Shaheed meaning a martyr in Hindi. Ganghiji Gandhiji’s full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on October 2‚ 1869 in a town called Poxbandar
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Rosen and Lynn have differing opinions on the impact of the Indian caste system on sepoy armies. For Rosen‚ the armies had to be separated from the caste system to be successful. Lynn‚ on the other hand‚ argues that integration with the caste system was imperative to the success of the sepoy armies in India. Rosen suggests that the British were successful in India‚ not because they changed Indian social systems‚ but because they were able to separate their armies from society and overcome the fragmentation
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CAUSES OF THE REVOLT POLITICAL CAUSES 1. Lord Dalhousie caused widespread resentment among the Indian rulers and their subjects by aggressively expanding his state and annexing native Indian states 2. He annexed states of satara nagpur and jhansi by applying the doctrine of lapse 3. NANA SAHEB was denied a pension after his father’s death. He was the son of Peshwa Baji rao II 4. Bahadur Shah’s successor was denied the right to live at the red fort 5. He annexed Awadh‚ accusing
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Britishers feared her very name. The woman of self respect and self confidence is none other than the matyr Rani Lakshmi Bai who is well known as Jhani ki Rani (Queen of Jhansi). She was one of the bravest and an important figure in the fight for Indian freedom from British colonialism. She was born to a Maharashtrian family at Kashi‚ India in the year of 1828. During her childhood she was called by the name‚ Manikarnika. Affectionately‚ her family members called her Manu. At a tender age of four
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