SRS 2195 Lecture Notes - Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, Mahatma Gandhi, Morarji Desai

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 2195
• Professor: Peter Beyer

Document Summary

Christian missions and britsh imperialism: tried to convert people in india, their roles were also to manage the religion. The public service and the colonial armed forces: modernizing elite formed among the indigenous elite in india. British had a habit of thinking in racialist terms and would divide human beings in terms of race: also tried to institute a legal system based on that of britain. Law that would be enforced in these courts, which weren"t there yet. There were laws, but they weren"t formed in a codified way. Legal language is extremely precise; if it doesn"t say exactly what you mean, then that"s not what it means. If it"s not precise, then they are set on precedent. Most legal systems around the world are actually not set up this way. The indian people were not used to it and found it to be a novelty. India did not have a printing press or a railroad before british colonialism.