Social | * East India Trading Co encouraged many Christian missionaries to convert Indian people‚ creating social-cultural imperialism * New cartridges utilizing animal fat caused disputes with both Hindu and Muslims in the British sepoys‚ leading to the Sepoy rebellion * The Indian Civil Service attempts to create a legitimate authority by giving British rulers the luxury and pompous lifestyle of previous Indian princes. * New sewage and water supplies were installed in India to prevent cholera
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goals example: in order to better their own economic standing‚ colonizers would provide manufactured goods and machinery to colonized in return for their constant supply of raw materials by doing this‚ many native industries were destroyed; i.e. Indian shipbuilders‚ cotton manufacturers B. Science and the Christian Missionary Movement missionaries used idea of Western scientific and technological dominance as way to prove to the Non-western peoples that Christianity was superior religion
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Alexandra Lloyd What role did 19th Century popular serial novels such as Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone play in British understandings of India? When Wilkie Collins first wrote The Moonstone in 1868‚ it was not published in the form available today‚ but was published in instalments in a popular Victorian magazine‚ All the Year Round. Upon its first publication it was eagerly read by the general British public‚ for its readership not only included the ruling and upper classes‚ but the cost and
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From the very beginning of Indian Cinema in 1913‚ the concept of love‚ romance‚ passion‚ often referred to as “Pyaar”‚ “Mohabbat” or “Ishq” (synonyms for love/ romance in Hindi and Urdu) has been extremely popular. The Indian audiences‚ love films with epic love sagas‚ probably because it introduces them to a strong romantic emotion that they have never experienced‚ but desperately want to. A common way of depicting this strong‚ almost dreamy‚ love is through songs. “Ek Ladki ko dekha toh aisa
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By the year 1857 the British had established complete political control of India. As Western education was introduced and missionaries eroded Hindu society resentment among Indian people grew and it was joined by unease among the old governing class when the British decided to formally abolish the Mughal Empire. The mutiny of the Sepoy (native troops in the British army) began on May 10‚ 1857‚ when Indian soldiers who had been placed in irons for refusing to accept new cartridges were rescued
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effects of the Sepoy Mutiny 1857? A. Plan of investigation B. Summary of evidence C. Evaluation of sources D. Analysis E. Conclusion F. Bibliography What were the significance causes and effects of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857? The investigation assesses the significance of the causes of Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. In order to evaluate the causes‚ the investigation evaluates different ways Indians reacted towards the English in the 1800s; the Indian rulers trying to get out
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Mangal Pandey’s name got etched into the pages of the Indian history after he attacked his senior British officers in an incident‚ which is today remembered as the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 or the India’s First War of Independence. The reason behind this was the rumor that 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‚ was an Indian soldier during the pre-independence era. A member of the
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37 Lesson – 3 THE FIRST WAR OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE (GREAT REVOLT OF 1857) — END OF EAST INDIA COMPANY’S RULE Learning Objectives 1. Pupil gets an idea about the early revolts against the English rule. 2. Pupil gains knowledge about the political‚ administrative‚ economic‚ social‚ religious and military causes for the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857. 3. Pupil understands the causes for the failure of the revolt and the results of the revolt. 4. Pupil recognises the significance of Queen
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Social A- China 1. 1850-1864 : Taiping Rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan. He worked for reforms to abolish private property‚ share communal wealth‚ free education for all‚ end the system of concubine‚ and create equality between men and women. He wound up capturing Nanjing‚ but it was put down by the British and the French. 2. During the Second Opium War in 1860‚ the allegiance of European imperialist occupied the Chinese capital of Peking (Beijing). The Old Summer Palace‚ the Qing Chinese equivalent
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OUR OWN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL‚ ABU DHABI GR.8‚ HISTORY NOTES TOPIC: REVOLT OF 1857 ❖ GREASED CARTRIDGES INCIDENT: 1. New rifle introduced-Enfield‚ cartridge covered with greased paper wrapper. 2. Sepoys had to bite off the cart.‚ before loading the cartridge into the rifle. (it had gunpowder and an iron ball) 3. News spread that the grease was made from fat of cows and pigs. 4. Hindus consider cows: sacred Muslims consider pigs: dirty
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