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The British in India: Colonial Power, Success, and Resistance (1600-1857)

Explore the complex history of British colonialism in India from the establishment of the British East India Company in 1600 to the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. This historical overview examines the factors contributing to British success in India, including military victories like the Battle of Plassey, the expansion of British rule under leaders like Sir Robert Clive and Lord Cornwallis, and the cultural impacts on Indian society. It also addresses the consequences of British rule, including resistance movements and the emergence of Indian nationalism by the mid-19th century.

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The British in India: Colonial Power, Success, and Resistance (1600-1857)

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  1. The British in India Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. The World in 1600

  3. The British East India Company: 1600 - 1857

  4. British East India Company Agents 1-E

  5. Coins of the British East India Co. 1719 coin 1804 coin

  6. Coffee House in British India

  7. Sepoy soldiers 1-F

  8. Sir Robert Clive 1-G

  9. Battle of Plassey: 1757 1-H

  10. Why wasBritainso successfulin Indiaby the endof the 18c?? 1-I

  11. Sir Warren Hastings r. 1773 - 1784

  12. India in mid-18c

  13. Lord Cornwallis r. 1786 - 1793 1-J

  14. Lord Bentinck r. 1828 - 1835 1-K

  15. British Soldiers in India, 1830s

  16. Outlawing Suttee (sati)

  17. Fighting the Thuggees

  18. British Opium Warehouse in Patna, India Selling Patna Opium in China

  19. Lord Dalhousie r. 1848 - 1856 1-L

  20. India: 18c-early 19c

  21. Sir Raghubir Singh, Maharaja of Bundi

  22. The Maharaja of Pannah

  23. The Palace of the Nawab of Moorshedabad, Bengal - 1858

  24. The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857 2-A

  25. Areas of the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857

  26. The Seige of Lucknow

  27. Execution of Sepoys:“The Devil’s Wind” 2-B

  28. The Raj: "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire

  29. 1876: Queen Victoria Becomes “Empress of India” 2-D

  30. Queen Victoria in India PAX BRITANNICA

  31. Queen Victoria: Receiving the Crown of India

  32. Sikhs – Bengal Cavalry of the British Army 2-E

  33. 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 1889

  34. Assorted British Soldiers, 1890s

  35. British Colonial Life During the Raj

  36. Bengal Medical Service, 1860

  37. A LifeofLeisure!

  38. Br. Viceroy’s Daughter: Simla, 1863

  39. Lady Curzon, 1904

  40. Living Like a Maharajah

  41. Darjeeling Railroad, 1880s

  42. Simla: Little England in the mountains of India

  43. Karachi, 1896

  44. Procession of the Rajahs,New Delhi, 1902

  45. Victoria Station, Bombay

  46. Chartered Bank of Calcutta, 1915

  47. Theosophical Library – Madras, 1913

  48. What were the BENEFITS of British rule in India?? 2-F

  49. What were the majorLIMITATIONS of British rule in India?? 2-G

  50. The Rise of Indian Nationalism

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