HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Internal divisions existed within the Indian states.
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English rule was milder than native rule.
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The British brought order to the lands they governed.
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Superior Arms and Military strategy: Many Indian rulers imported European arms and employed European as military officers, but they could not devise military strategy like British. Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary alliance were effective tactics that were used by British to take over most of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Then how was it possible for the British to start capturing this huge country and control it from 1757 to 1947? They had more economic power, better weapons and a certain European confidence which allowed then to slowly permeate into the Indian subcontinent till it was ruling the huge nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British could gain hold on India primarily because India was not unified, the British were able to take possession of India. The British signed treaties with several of the independent states that made up India and established military and trade alliances.
Detailed explanation-4: -Government of India Act of 1858 Much of the blame for the mutiny fell on the ineptitude of the East India Company. On August 2, 1858, Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring British power over India from the company to the crown.
Detailed explanation-5: -As the Crown took over rule in India in 1858, so Parliament’s involvement in Indian affairs increased. The governance of India was often reviewed and the British Parliament passed a total of 196 Acts concerning the continent between 1858 and 1947.