HIS282H5 Chapter : lecture + book notes (integrated) combined
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1857 inaugurated the second phase of colonial rule in the subcontinent. 1857-1858 ->the subcontinent started to go out of their control. Long history of army mutiny, due to payment, racisim , etc. Eic east india company. rifles were made up of pig/beef and contradicted with their religious beliefs. The upper part of the india had the most part of the rebellion. Creation of a sovereign state that described spatial boundaries similar to that of the europeans. Agrarian state was part of the colonial state. Farmers were forced to grow a certain crops that were more profitable . Political dislocation: in the subcontinent, the colonial subjects had no rights to ask. By 1857, the ideological and racial underpin was clear. Aryans were replaced by civilization backwardness, language of colonial & racial difference. Age of imperialism and the immediate factor is act of political privileges. Lord dalhousie is in british was seen as the heros of the colonial state.
