POL316Y1 Study Guide - Indirect Rule, Industrial Revolution, Company Rule In India
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The political legacies of colonialism have shaped the region. Shri lanka took a bit of a different direction. The focus of this lecture will be on british colonialism. The british were in india for about 200 years. The british east india company was created in 1600. But the real political control of india began in 1757, when they won a key battle in. You can divide british colonialism into two separate legacies. The fist was company rule and the second was crown rule . The second period, from 1858 on was when the british crown officially took over rule of india. India was very politically fragmented in the 1500s. Between 10-15ad india was marked by constant invasions and immigration. Degree of political sophistication- legal systems- armed forces- tax extraction. The mughals was not moving towards what we would think of as a modern state as others were from the industrial revolution elsewhere.
