GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: East India Company, Colonial India, Urdu
26 Sep 2016
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Backgruntil the protestant reformation allowed holland and england to challenge spain and. The british presence in india lasted from 1608 to 1947. British presence in india began with the establishment of the east india trading. Asia is home to the six major religion or philosophies: buddhism, confucianism, daoism (taoism, hinduism. Vasco de gama and marco polo opened the european route to india and asia. At first, european could not penetrate to this part of the world due to the treaty of. The british government gave the company the power to: establish forts;settlements, and maintain an army. The company established settlements and factories in places such as bombay (mimbai), madras (chennai), and calcutta. Under british colonial rule, india achieved an economic and agricultural development. In 1885 the self-appointed hindu indian congress first met (similar to american. By 1906 a more radical congress was demanding independence. Muslim demanded for a separate muslim state in pakistan.
