To begin with, Britain opened schools that taught English so the Indians could communicate; English became many Indians’ second language, and today, India is the second largest English speaking country. On top of that, the British changed their social practices significantly; before, the Indians believed in female infanticide, sati, and polygamy, but when the British expressed their beliefs, they introduced the ideas of liberty, equality, freedom and human rights; women started having better educations and more public employment. It is said that, at one point, Indians began feeling embarrassed of their own ancestors and became strong believers of colonization. As you can see, Britain really changed the ways Indians thought and how they went about in their daily …show more content…
The British knew that the Indians had the production of jewels and became very interested which led to them taking over and colonizing India. After they took over, they “shared” their rule with the East India Company, which meant that India was ruled by the British Raj and the EIC; they used various ways to control and monitor India like wars, forced treaties, annexations, and forming alliances with regional powers. While they were ruling, they completely changed the culture, as well as the language of India; Indians started speaking English and, as of right now, over 100,000,000 people living in India speak English. Along with that, India also changed their beliefs; they no longer believed in infanticide or polygamy, and started believing in freedom and rights. Without a doubt, the British definitely changed India drastically and they definitely received countless benefits from