July 20, 2022 - The British systematically purged India's riches, destroyed its institutions, and created divisions among its peoples. They still haven't apologised.

April 11, 2008 - In the six decades since Britain ended its rule in India, the two countries have had their share of spats. Indian resentment over past wrongs...

March 4, 2019 - A chronology of key events in the modern history of India, from the mid-1800s to the present day.

August 16, 2024 - The provinces themselves were now to be administered under a new dyarchical system, whereby some areas like education, agriculture, infrastructure development, and local self-government became the preserve of Indian ministers and legislatures, and ultimately the Indian electorates, while others like irrigation, land-revenue, police, prisons, and control of media remained within the purview of the British ...

November 4, 2023 - Learn about the British Rule in India and British Raj. Also, Know more about the Rise of British Power in India, the Rule of the Crown & the Impact of British Rule.

2 days ago - The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states.

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November 1989 as an autonomous organization in pursuance of National Policy on Education 1986 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

April 25, 2017 - It's a myth that British imperialism benefited one of its richest colony, India, when in reality it drained all its wealth and resources.

December 5, 2022 - What event led to the British from trading to conquering? How did British colonialism in India end? Read to know more. Download PDF notes for free. For UPSC 2023 preparation, follow BYJU’S.

4 weeks ago - According to economic historian Immanuel Wallerstein, per-capita agricultural output and standards of consumption in 17th-century Mughal India were probably higher than in 17th-century Europe and certainly higher than in early 20th-century British India. British control of trade and exports ...

India Timeline 3 : The British Raj (late 17th - early 20th c.) Asian Timelines Table of Contents Literary & Cultural History Learn more about selected Indian topics by clicking the links embedded in these timelines. And if you find inaccuracies, bugs, or other relevant websites, please let ...

Track the key events during British colonial rule leading to the emergence of the independent nation-states of India and Pakistan in 1947.

British Imperialism in India - British Imperialism in India is an important topic in world history. It is related to the Age of Imperialism and the expansion of the British Empire. As well, it involved some of the most significant people in all of world

The British presence in India began in the early seventeenth century, when the British East India Company began trading on the outskirts of the Mughal empire. The company's influence grew steadily until it seized political control of parts of India, and British leaders continued to spread British ...

So far as India was concerned, the following terms were agreed: the French agreed to use their stations at Pondicherry, Mahé and Chandernagore only as trading posts and not to maintain troops there · the French recognised the British-supported rulers in the Carnatic and the Deccan · the British East India Company controlled ...

Map of British India at the time it entered the First World War

3 weeks ago - After being weakened for decades, it ceased to exist as a legal entity in 1873. A number of things contributed to the end of the East India Company. It acquired control of Bengal on the Indian subcontinent in 1757, and, as the company was an agent of British imperialism, its shareholders were able ...

Answer (1 of 4): Without Indian gunpowder there could be no British Empire. Saltpeter: The Mother of Gunpowder > Whereas Charles I in the 1630s was struggling to achieve a target of 288 tons of saltpeter a year, imports from India topped 1,000 tons during various years of the reign of Charles ...

August 12, 1998 - India - Government, Act, 1858: On August 2, 1858, less than a month after Canning proclaimed the victory of British arms, Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring British power over India from the East India Company, whose ineptitude was primarily blamed for the mutiny, to ...

September 8, 2021 - How many years did the British rule India? Find the answer and know more about IAS preparation at BYJU’S.