Positive or Negative Effects Imperialism of India

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Positive or Negative EffectsImperialism of India

• By
• Valdner Patten
• Mepham High School
• Global History II

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W.C. Bonner ji, at the first meeting of the India
National Congress in 1885.

• It is under the civilizing rule of the Queenof
  England that we meet herestopped by none, and
  are freely allowed to speak our minds withiout
  the least fear such a thing is possible
  underBritish rule onlyWere it not for tehese
  blessings of British rule, I would not have come
  here today. I cam without the leastfear that my
  children might be robbed and killed in my
  absence. You were able within a few days, to
  travel here from every corner of the land. In
  earlier days the trip would have taken you
  months.
• There remains even greater blessings for which we
  have to be grateful. It is to the British that we
  owe the education we possess. The people of
  England were sincere when they said more than
  half a century ago that India was a sacred charge
  given to them by God. The English were telling
  the truth when they declared that they were bound
  to rule India for her own good, for the glory of
  their own name, and for the satisfication of God.

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Questions

• 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or
  negative effects of Imperialism?
• 2. Explain your answer by using specific details
  from the document.

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak, an Indian nationalist leader

• One fact is that this allen (British) government
  has ruined our contry. In the beginning, all of
  us were taken by surprise. We thought that
  eveWith rything that the rulers did was for our
  good. We thought that the English government had
  come down from the clouds to save us from foreign
  and internal warfareWe felt happy for a time,
  but it soon came to light that the peace which
  was established in this countryprevented us from
  going at each others throats, so that a
  foreigner might go at the throat of us all
• We believed in the good intentions of the
  goernment, but in politics there are no godo
  intentions. We were fooled. Hidden under the
  seeminlglygood intentions of the Egnlish was
  strong self-interest.
• Soon a change came over us. English eduation,
  grrowing poverty, and better knowledge of our
  rulers opened our eyes. It became clear to us
  that the dream of money from our country was
  ruining us.

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Questions

• 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or
  negative effects of Imperialism?
• 2. Explain your answer by using specific details
  from the document.

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A British scholar describes British rule in India.

• British rule brought with it from the West
  certain standards of humanity that Indian society
  had not yet reached. Early action was taken to
  stop female infanticide (the killing of girl
  babies). The gangs of Thugs, who strangled
  harmless travelers in the service of the goddess
  Kali (Hindu goddess of death), were broken up.
  Human sacrifice, which was still being carried on
  in some primitive hill districts, was stamped
  out. The slave trade was ended and the owning of
  slaves was forbidden.
• One result of the new order was a steady rise in
  the value of Indias export trade. In 1834, it
  had been under 8 million (English) pounds (about
  38 million). IN 1928, it was 190 million.

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Questions

• 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or
  negative effects of Imperialism?
• 2. Explain your answer by using specific details
  from the document.

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Jawaharial Nehru, an Indian nationalist

• With the developments of inductrial techniques in
  England a new class of industrialists arose.
  These businessmen demanded a change in British
  policy and they got it. To begin with, Indian
  goods could enter India (tax free). The Indian
  textile industry collapsed, affecting large
  numbers of weavers and artisans. Other old Indian
  industries-shipbuilding, metalwork, glass, paper,
  and crafts--were also destroyed.
• The economic development of India was stopped and
  the growth of new industry was prevented. As a
  result, India became a farming colongy of
  Industrial England. It supplied raw materials and
  provided markets for Englands industrial goods.
  The destruction of Indiain industry led to huge
  unemployment grew poverty of India.

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Questions

• 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or
  negative effects of Imperialism?
• 2. Explain your answer by using specific details
  from the document.

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If you see an island shoreWhich has not been
grabbed before.Lying in the tract of trade, as
islands should,With the simple native
quiteUnprepared to make a fightOh, you just
drop in and take it for his good.Not for love of
money, but it understoodBut you row yourself to
landWith a Bible in your hand.If he hollers,
then you shoot him for his good.India there are
bloody sightsBlottinging out the Hindus
rights,Where weve slaughtered many millions for
their good.And with bullet and with
brandDesolated all the landBut you know we did
only for their good.
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Questions

• 1. Does this viewpoint illustrate the positive or
  negative effects of Imperialism?
• 2. Explain your answer by using specific details
  from the document.

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Where the positives of Imperialism worth all of
the negatives that Imperialism brought to India?