HIS103Y1 Lecture 17: Lectures 16 & 17
23 Nov 2017
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Lecture 16: british india, russia, and the great game. Within states were oppositions that wanted to lead the confederacy. Eic supported the peshwa of poona (persian influence in india) in regaining his lost throne: by 1820, eic had influence across the entire confederacy, ~divide and conquer, choosing one individual, throwing support beside him/her, expanding influence. India = 3 million km^2, 90 million subjects. The vellore mutiny (1806): lasted for a day, symbolised problems eic came across (i. e. avoiding local customs) Hindu traditions where corporality was key for burial. Doctrine of lapse: natives could not hold on to land. Th(cid:396)ee e(cid:373)pe(cid:396)o(cid:396)"s league: russia (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts to e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)d i(cid:374)to (cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)al asia (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:396)e(cid:448)italisi(cid:374)g the ilk road of the middle. Invaded (probably by military force) khanetes of bukhara, khiva, and kokand: expansion into transcaspian region (1879+, cotton transcaspian railway, trans-aral railway, the more railways are built, the more russia would pressure britain in asia.
