POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Identity Politics, Universal Suffrage, Indian Nationalism

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 322
• Professor: Narendra Subramanian

Document Summary

First century of british rule: east india company set up by british crown, authorized to conduct trade on behalf of india. For a brief period of about a year, british rule was threatened. Lesson: east india company wasn"t fit to rule india. Through the last 90 years of british rule, the crown was directly in control. Created a larger state more engaged with society. They decided they needed to pay more attention to local culture. Over the course of the last century of british rule, more south asians were recruited into the. So, by the end, all but the very top figures were south asians. Boards were set up by nominating some elites. 1909: limited franchise elections to local and district boards. 2 main political parties at the time were congress party and muslim league. Participated in 2 elections in 1936 at provincial level. There was gradual devolution of power to political institutions.