topic 3: scots abroad ~ india 🍵 Flashcards
1
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canals, roads and railways 🛣️
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- general governer of dalhousie intiated movement to build these
- impacted infrastructure = open up country & develop trade
2
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post 📬,canals & 📞
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- dalhousie: cheap postage, introduced telegraph system & opened Ganges canal
- improved communication & economy benefited by improving trade
3
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suttee was banned 🚫🔥
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- dalhousie banned: wives threw themselves on husbands funeral pyre> burn alive
- scots in prominent positions used them to change native customs/practices ☹️natives
4
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thugee was banned 🚫🪢
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- dalhousie banned organised cult of killers - travellers by strangulation
- scots in prominent positions used them to change native customs/practices ☹️natives
5
Q
what did Reverend Alexander Duff have an impact on ?
🅰️
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- education: university of calcutta was founded by him 1857 & established 1st medical school in India
- scots instrumental in developing education here built institutes to create more educated citizens
6
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tea industry ☕
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- scottish entrepreneurs involved: Thomas Lipton, by 1880 india overtook china > leaders tea distribution
- scots developed indias economy & created thriving industries in india
7
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jute industry 🏭
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- scots worked in industry: huge increase in profits after 1854> companies built manufacturing factories in india
- scots helped develop natural resources which became on of most successful industries in india
8
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the 1857 indian mutiny ⚔️
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- scottish soldiers(sir colin campbell) crushed this mutiny, mutineers forced lick british victims blood before execution, 800,000 + died
- scots ☹️on natives as they killed them and were significantly important to the mistreatment of indians
