Dates and Pre-Colonial History of India

Question 1

Until when was India one of the most important economies, and what turned it into afterwards?

Answer 1

1750s
Afterwards it turned into a provider of cheap, raw materials and cheap work force

Question 2

How was the Opium production organized?

Answer 2

State monopoly - peasant signed contracts with the state and only the state!

Question 3

What are the 2 mayor periods of British colonial rule on the subcontinent and when were they?

Answer 3

Company Raj (1757-1857)
Great Rebellion (1857-1858)
Crown Raj (1858-1947)

Question 4

How were the 2 mayor periods of colonial rule defined?

Answer 4

Company Raj - East India Company (Joint-stock Company- earned by its investors) - get the allowence to charge taxes –> becomes a state basically

Crown Raj - the british state governs

Question 5

When was the period of the Mughal Empire ?

Answer 5

1526-1757 effectively 100 years pro forma

Question 6

When was the Battle of Plassey and what did it start?

Answer 6

1757 - Beginning of British rule in india