Summary - Effects of British Rule

SUMMARY

The consequences of “assumption of power without responsibility” by the Company are highlighted

Bringing more Indian territories under British domain through Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse is explained

Zamindari land tenures and Permanent Settlement in Bengal and the Ryotwari System in Madras Presidency are discussed

Company government’s indirect rule in states like Hyderabad, Pune and Mysore is described

Changes effected in civil and judicial administration are highlighted

Socio-cultural and educational reforms and developmental programmes of successive governor generals are examined

How railways and telegraph enabled the British to have closer control of the people they governed is explored

Company government’s exploitative agrarian and commercial policies, resulting in outbreak of terrible famines forcing the peasants and artisans to emigrate to British Empire colonies to work on plantations as indentured labourers, are elaborated.

Dadabhai Naoroji’s analysis of drain of wealth is dealt with.