Difference Between Imperialism And Decolonization Of India

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Decolonization is the retracting of imperial influences within a previously colonized nation. As nations such as France and Britain expanded their empires, they engaged in something called imperialism. Imperialism is extending a country’s influence by force into another culture or nation. Individual groups of people throughout most of Africa, South America and parts of Asia, were taken on by imperialist powers and were sometimes were feeling unappreciated at the least. Imperial nations would come into a tribe or underdeveloped nation, take them over, and then often times oppress the natives for their own economic gain. One case study we will be looking at is the country of India. Through the process of British colonization, imperialism and then decolonization the people of india would gain a sense of nationalism. Nationalism in India was gained through decolonization because of the work of India National Congress and influence of Mohandas Gandhi. The history of India is quite complex. …show more content…

The East India Company began in 1600 and was ordered by Queen Elizabeth I. The purpose of the East India Company was to encourage trade in the east and particularly in India. However, Britain was not the only nation getting in on trade in India. Countries such as France, were also fighting for trade in India. Even though British trade was a large part of Indian economics and politics, England was not the political dominance in India at this time. India was still under the Mughal Dynasty. However, in the later half of the 1700s the Mughal dynasty was losing influence over Indian land and population, as the East India Company was forcing taxes and causing political discomfort in India. The Mughal Dynasty came to a halt and British Empire took over politically and economically within India. It is crucial to understand how the English came to be so predominately involved with Indian politics and

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