The Indian Mutiny

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Another short term impact of The Indian Mutiny was social change and modernisation, in an attempt to win over the Indian people Westminster promised the modernisation of India, which encompassed: education, roads, medicines and new communication. In Dadabhai Naoroji’s essay ‘The Benefits Of British Rule,’ he refers to the social change which the government was providing. In the source Naoroji acknowledges that although education was imperfect it was still ‘an inestimable blessing as far as it has gone’. This demonstrates the significance of the short term impact of social change, as it appears from the source to be making a huge positive contribution towards making the lives of Indians better. However, this change is somewhat limited as education …show more content…

Which leads us to question the reliability of Naoroji’s positive pro-Empire views in the source. Despite educations failings the modernisation and communication changes, seemed to be working railways expanded hugely, this benefited the economy in terms of trade and also allowed for food transportations in monsoon season. Tim Leadbeater comments that the railways ‘helped to create an international outlook and connections with global, albeit imperialist, economies.’ The railway’s allowed for an increase in efficiency for Westminster extracting Indian wealth for their own benefit, demonstrating how intact the Empire remained after The Mutiny. This shows the modernisation of India had positive consequences for both the Empire and Indians alike, because it benefited all …show more content…

Although, the positive impacts which came from the Mutiny were hindered when it is considered that colonial India’s imperial structure was far from being wrenched away from the British because the Empires hold of India was so strong, India could most likely have been kept hold of without the abolishment of the EIC, and without the expansion as railroads and education, because they were mainly for the benefit of colonials and to generate more goods for trade and as a direct result, more money for the

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