Effects of imperialism good or bad?
Intro
Did you know that 26 million indians died to to starvation because of the british? In 1857 the british was in india and with the fall of the mughal empire they took over india's government and kicked the indians out of any responsibilities they had. But they also modernised india by adding railroads, adding better education as well as modernizing the medicine in india. So did the bad things outweigh the good things of british imperialism over india? Although there were many little good things that came out of british imperialism there were few but huge terrible things that came out of it too. So the large bad effects such as not letting the indians govern themselves, the forcing of indians to grow cash …show more content…
The overall social effect on india i would say was negative. The 200 year time frame that the british ruled india was probably the only period in a 1000 years when the minorities and people of different religions felt more secure and less discriminated against with a notable absence of killings and there was great social reforms such as the eradication of thugee, the banning of sutte and female infanticide (Lalvani) however over that window of time the british forced indians to grow cash crops which led to about 26 million indians dieing of starvation. So the lots of people were very unhappy with the british ruling but not all where.
Conclusion
The taking over of the indian government was negative and the fact that the british made the indians grow cash crops which ruined the soil and led to starvation and the british were the course of 26 million indians died because of starvation. So over all the british imperialism was definitely negative in my eyes even though there were many small good things the suffering and death definitely made british imperialism
Intro
Did you know that 26 million indians died to to starvation because of the british? In 1857 the british was in india and with the fall of the mughal empire they took over india's government and kicked the indians out of any responsibilities they had. But they also modernised india by adding railroads, adding better education as well as modernizing the medicine in india. So did the bad things outweigh the good things of british imperialism over india? Although there were many little good things that came out of british imperialism there were few but huge terrible things that came out of it too. So the large bad effects such as not letting the indians govern themselves, the forcing of indians to grow cash …show more content…
The overall social effect on india i would say was negative. The 200 year time frame that the british ruled india was probably the only period in a 1000 years when the minorities and people of different religions felt more secure and less discriminated against with a notable absence of killings and there was great social reforms such as the eradication of thugee, the banning of sutte and female infanticide (Lalvani) however over that window of time the british forced indians to grow cash crops which led to about 26 million indians dieing of starvation. So the lots of people were very unhappy with the british ruling but not all where.
Conclusion
The taking over of the indian government was negative and the fact that the british made the indians grow cash crops which ruined the soil and led to starvation and the british were the course of 26 million indians died because of starvation. So over all the british imperialism was definitely negative in my eyes even though there were many small good things the suffering and death definitely made british imperialism