What happened when Britain ruled India?
The British Raj refers to the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. It lasted until 1947, when the British provinces of India were partitioned into two sovereign dominion states: the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan, leaving the princely states to choose between them.
How did the British benefit from India?
India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. As well as spices, jewels and textiles, India had a huge population. Soldiering was an honourable tradition in India and the British capitalised on this. They regimented India’s manpower as the backbone of their military power.
What did the British do to the Indians?
They were starved, stolen from, denied justice but hey, they did learn how to appreciate shepherd’s pie and toad in the hole, so, perks. India was ruled by the British for 200 years — first by the private East India Company, and then by the British government after the East India Company was finally abolished.
What was wrong with India under British rule?
After India finally achieved independence, average life expectancy went skyrocketing up, far surpassing anything enjoyed under the British Raj or the East India Company. Today, Indians can expect to live about 27 years longer than they did under British rule. So yeah, something was seriously wrong in British India.
Did more British involvement make India stronger or weaker?
Actually, More British Involvement Made India Weaker The Harvard Business School’s Lakshmi Iyer did a formal study on the colonial legacy in India and found it lacking.
How did the British rule affect the Indian criminal justice system?
The British also brought their system of justice to India, and it maybe worked reasonably well when it was evaluating cases of Indian on Indian crime. But whenever the British controlled justice system saw a case involving an Indian versus a British citizen, the courts tended to always favor the British citizen.