Indian history. The British raj .15August special

 When British came to India

History is something that keeps us learning about the past from a place as strengths to its weaknesses and although sometimes History is regarded as one-sided With the whole story never really being revealed or coming to light it is important to still look back and discover what might have happened And today you're on Bigbro blog .We are looking at some of the interesting facts about the British Raj which was the time when Pakistan Bangladesh? India and South Asia and Southeast Asia were controlled by the British Hey, everybody today I will tell you about people cultures and places from all around the world and today We are going to look at some interesting facts that happened during the British Raj.I figured let's go into a little bit of a history lesson and find out what actually held. I just love James Bond movies I mean they're amazing I mean it's okay, because I mean yeah, there are some other things that are great about the British But I want to know what is your favorite thing down there so number one? How did it start now? 

How was india treated under british rule

Let's first start off by saying that the British Raj happened between the years of 1858 and 1947 now this pretty much began with the East India Trading Company which was a private company until about 1784 and at that point it became under the control of the British Government now because of the ridiculous and unfair rules set in by the East India Trading Company This led to the first independence war of India or more commonly known as the Indian rebellion in 1857 and although it was a victory for the British the East India Trading Company was completely dismantled and it brought in a new government With British control number two India made a lot of money now It's also interesting to know that when the East India Trading Company and when the British Occupied the region the country made a lot of money for the world as a matter of fact it contributed to approximately 24% of the world's economy But however by the 1950s that had drops to approximately 4% and at the same time under British rule there was major deindustrialization making India go from providing 25% of the world's industrial output to only 2% by the 1900s number three railways in today's world the country of India has over 115,000 kilometers of track with about 12,000 600 trains carrying 23 million people daily and that is a lot of people I'm not gonna lie it is crazy down there. They have so many people on trains They need more trains in that country now This is all because the British decided to install train systems with the first one being installed going from Bombay Which is now Mumbai to Thane and that opened on April 16th of 1853?

How did india benefit from british rule

 Number 4 schools and universities, okay So rightfully so some of you guys may be out there being like oh my god the British were just bad news For India they pretty much destroyed our economy and exploded everything, but let's keep in mind they actually did a couple of good things such as bring in schools and Education and to cement this the very first university that was put into place Was the University of Calcutta being established on January 24th of 1857 and in relation to this number five the English? Language now keep in mind when the British brought in schools They also brought their language as well currently India is a country that sits at second in terms of english-speaking People by country however keep in mind. It wasn't just schools that made English the number one language It was because the tongue was used for administrative and court purposes and law purposes as well Number six India famines now this is a sad one because they say that throughout the British is ruled there was anywhere between 15 to 29 million people who died from starvation or famine related injuries or diseases? 

In India and although three major famines happened during the 18th and 19th century when the East India country occupied the region which also unfortunately at the same time happened when the East India Trading Company raised taxes So of course the British didn't just stand by and let these famines happen they actually tried to do things by keeping an eye on the taxes and even putting in relief efforts to make sure and prevent that these things wouldn't happen again and unfortunately for the people of India and South Asia And of course the British government these relief efforts didn't pan out as they had eight major famines during this time number seven exploitation now of course when country occupies or colonizes a region historically there has always been some Exploitation and that happened in India as well and for many people from South Asia when the British ruled they were not treated as citizens And therefore did not get the same privileges and one thing for example is that when the trains first started coming into service only British people were allowed on these trains and other people were not and of course one other thing that they exploited from the country is That the brittish's army was paid with Indian revenue, which was about 19 million pounds a year And you could say theoretically that would be considered as theft which moves on to number eight theft now It's easily estimated that billions to trillions of dollars were taken away from the country and that included diamonds jewelry and other goods of that nature But the most famous is the koh-i-noor diamond which was taken from the country and is now part of the crown jewel collection number nine the army because of the control of the British many native people from South Asia Had served the British Army during the second and first world war and although the numbers aren't exactly on the nose It's been recorded that India had the highest amount of Volunteer soldiers out of any country in the Second World War as a matter of fact They estimate that the volunteer army had a force of approximately 2.5 million men however during the Second World War they lost approximately eighty seven thousand men and it should also be noted that Indian forces were actually present during the European campaigns and not just in the southern regions and during the first world war India had supplied more troops than any other British territory like Canada and Australia Combined number ten the Olympics of course with the British being in control of India They get a right to go to the Olympics and keep in mind their first four games were in 1900 ,1920 ,1928 and 1936 and for the 1900 games they only had one athlete however he was of English descent however by the 1920 game They had a team of six with two managers who were all ethnically from India, so there you have it guys That is us just taking a look at some of the things that happened during the British Raj So that brings us to the end of this Informative Blog  and I want to thank you.Thanks..