Introduction to India: Origins of the Raj; origins of Congress and Muslim League; Ethnic and cultural breakdown of India Flashcards
About what percentage did the Indian princes ruled the country?
The Indian princes ruled about 35% of India.
How many separate states are there in India in 1914?
There are 562 states in India.
Why did the caste system need to be separated as much as possible in India?
It needed to be separated as much as possible in
order to keep the purity of the castes above them.
What is the name of the caste at the very bottom?
The untouchables are the lowest of the low.
In the Indian population, how many percent are Hindu?
70% are Hindu in the Indian population.
In the Indian population, how many percent are Muslim?
20% are Muslim in the Indian population.
Where does the Muslim hold a lot of influence in India
Northeast (peasant class) and northwest (hold influential position).
Why was the colonization of India vital for the British?
It provided raw materials for British industries and a place to sell British goods.
What are the raw resources that India provided the British with? List as much as you can.
Steel, jute, raw cotton, rice, tea, oilseed. wheat and hides
What trade route was created in Egypt, as a better route to India?
It was the Suez canal.
When did the tariff on British goods got remove?
In 1882 all British tariff got removed (it says 1879 and 3 years later).
How much investment did India receive from the British?
The investment was around one-tenth, about £360 million.
Did the British live close to the edge of India?
Not at all the British in India were similarly privileged. the ones living on the edge were the missionaries.
What is the population of the anglo Indians?
They number around 110,000.
What did the anglo Indians identify themselves with?
The Anglo Indians identified themselves with Britain, referring to it as home even though they have never been there.
What was the attitude of India at the beginning of the raj rule?
At the beginning of the century, millions of India owed their livelihood to the raj, due to the raj providing them with basic necessities. (e.g roof over their head, food, occupation, and in some rare cases a career structure.)
What did the English language bring to India?
the words that the English language brought in are democracy, imperialism, and nationalism.
What was India’s response to the first world war?
India responded with an instant declaration of loyalty and support for the British from all sections of Indian society. (congress, Muslim league, and 27 of the largest princely states.)
What was India’s military contribution during the first world war?
Around 1.5 million Indians had enlisted in the army, 827,000 enlisted in combatant and noncombatant roles.
How many soldiers died for the British during the first world war?
64,500 Indians died during the first world war.
What was India’s military contribution during the first world war?
India had poured men and natural resources into the war efforts.
What went wrong during the campaign against the Ottoman Turks in Iraq?
The Indians were badly led and heavily under-equipped. this resulted in them being besieged at Kul-Al-Tamara.
What date did the Indians surrender in Kut-Al-Tamara?
29 April 1916
What was India’s economic contribution after World War One?
India had contributed over 146 million to the allied war effort. (haft of this amount was made up of war loans which raised to 38 million in 1918).
