By: Aleigh Wosewick, Emily Grob, Kaitlyn Montgomery, Dana Fornicola, Aleah Snyder, and Chasity Kemmerlin

 East India trading company had set up trading post in Bombay, madras, and Calcutta  India’s dynasty run by mungh dynasty kept trades under control  By 1707 the dynasty started to collapse  Robert Clive led troops to conquer India in the battle of Plassey  Raj- British controlled portions of India in the years 1757 to 1947

 East India trading company was being regulated by British government in London and India  the company ruled India with little say from Britain  The company had its own army led by British officers and sepoys ◦ Sepoy- an Indian solider  Sepoy Mitiny rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India

 At first India was precious to Britain because of its profit  Industrial revolution made Britain a workshop and India supplied raw materials  The population of India acted as a market to sell product  The British considered India as the “jewel in the Crown”  Britain set up restrictions so India couldn’t run its own economy

 The new policies were: ◦ India had to produce raw materials and buy British goods only ◦ Competition was prohibited ◦ The British built railroads to transport their product to ports ◦ Most goods were agricultural products such as tea, indigo, coffee, cotton, jute, and opium ◦ Trade led to international events  Ex. The crime and war cut off supply of Russian jute to Scottish mills which boosted exports from Bengal which was a province in India

 British put world’s third largest railroad network ◦ United India's regions  Modern road network, telephone and telegraph lines, dams, bridges and irrigation canals  Sanitation and health improved  Schools and colleges were founded ◦ Literacy increased  British troops ended local warfare

 Britain had most political and economic power  Restricted local Indian companies  Need for cash crops = loss of sufficiency  Reduced food production led to famine  Britain adopted “hands off” policy in Indian religious social customs

 British controlled most subcontinent  Many pocket of discontent  Controlling lands and converting Indians to Christianity  Resented constant racism from British  Sepoy rebellion- problems increased for Indians  gossip spread Indian soldiers cartridges of new enfold rifles seal with beef pork fat.

 Garrison commander shocked that 85 or 90 sepoys refused to accept cartridges  British handled crisis badly, soldiers who disobeyed were jailed  May 10, sepoys rebelled marched to delhi  Joined Indian soldiers captured Delhi rebellion spread to north and central India

 Fierce fighting took place  Both British and Spain tried to slaughter each others armies  East India company took over one year to regain control of country  British sent troops to help them  India couldn’t reunite against British due to weak leadership and serious split between religious groups

 Mutiny marked turning point in Indian history  Result of mutiny  Britain took direct control on India

 1800s- Indians demanded more modernization and greater govnt role  Ram Mohun Roy- modern thinker, educated ◦ Began campaign to move away from traditional practices/ideas ◦ Father of modern India  Believed the child marriages were bad ◦ Rigid caste separation- religious life  Believed if things weren’t changed quickly India would continue to be ruled by outsiders

 Also found a social reform movement that worked for change  Indians resented a system that made them second-class citizens in own country  Indians with European education faced discrimination

 2 groups ◦ Indian national Congress ◦ The Muslim League  By early 1900s they were calling for self government  portion of Bengal- acts of terrorism broke out ◦ On the edge of open rebellion