HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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India was the only colony that didn’t resist British control.
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India’s population and resources made it the most valuable of all the British colonies.
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India was controlled by a company; the government didn’t have to be involved in the day-to-day affairs of the colony.
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India had a vast supply of diamonds and emeralds.
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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s cotton was of exceptional quality and its value increased from 40 million rupees to 60 million rupees in 20 years. Thus, the British considered India to be its “Jewel in the Crown” because of its location, resources and population, out of which they could earn huge amounts of revenue.
Detailed explanation-2: -India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. As well as spices, jewels and textiles, India had a huge population. Soldiering was an honourable tradition in India and the British capitalised on this. They regimented India’s manpower as the backbone of their military power.
Detailed explanation-3: -India, Britain’s most valuable and populous possession, achieved independence in 1947 as part of a larger decolonisation movement, in which Britain granted independence to most territories of the empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the time, India economy was largely centered around agriculture, which would then be exported to England. The most common of these agricultural resources included: jute, cotton, sugar, tea, coffee and wheat. Second, India proved to be an important market for the goods that were developed in British factories.