HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Indian Subcontinent, Sun Yat-Sen, Two-State Solution
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The english east india company was chartered by the british government in 1600, and given a charter to explore india. They did not start exploring india until 1785, and in effect, they ruled it until 1857. They did mismanage the government of india and there was a lot of anger in india in that time. So the british government decided to take over in 1857. A secretary of state for india was appointed in the british cabinet. A british governor general was appointed at carcata (indian capital) and was assisted by a council of provisional governors. Indian princes under british protectorates. (a protectorate is a semi-sovereign state). When you are fully sovereign you are independent, but they were not. Indian princes had autonomy, but not in foreign and economic affairs. 2/5 was under british rule, some directly and others indirectly. For one thing, there were various states, states with different interests.
