What did the British benefit from having India as a colony?
The British view tended to portray British rule as a charitable exercise – they suffered India’s environment (eg climate, diseases) in order to bring to India good government and economic development (eg railways, irrigation, medicine). Modern admirers of British rule also note these benefits.
What are the disadvantages of being a British colony?
Disadvantages
- Culture – British culture was forced on to the colonists, while the original culture was banned, ignored and forgotten.
- Economies – The colonies’ economy was falling because most of the profit of goods go back to Britain.
- Soldiers – The colonies had to provide soldiers who fought and died for Britain.
How did Colonisation affect India?
Colonisation had a severe impact on the Indian traders and merchants. Indian markets were fully captured by the British and heavy taxes were imposed on the export of Indian products in the outside market. In this way the market for Indian goods were losing popularity and Indian traders and merchants faced heavy losses.
How did Britain benefit from the British rule of India?
Britain gained hugely from ruling India, but most of the wealth created was not invested back into the country. For example, from 1860 to about 1920, economic growth in India was very slow – much slower than in Britain or America. India’s population only grew by about 1\% per year, which also suggests there was not much economic growth.
Was the colonisation of India worth the cost to Britain?
There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain.
Why did the British lose India in 1947?
In 1947 Britain lost control of India, the colony that British prime minister Disraeli had once called the “jewel in the crown of England”. Indian independence was a massive blow to British imperialism. In the 1880s India bought nearly one fifth of British exports.
What were the weaknesses of the British Empire in India?
An early symptom of the weakness of the empire was Britain’s withdrawal from India in 1947. During World War Two, the British had mobilised India’s resources for their imperial war effort. They crushed the attempt of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress to force them to ‘quit India’ in 1942.
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