COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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India
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Burma
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Cambodia
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China
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Detailed explanation-1: -Taiping Rebellion, radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Taiping Rebellion was a revolt against the Qing dynasty in China, fought with religious conviction over regional economic conditions, and lasting from 1850 to 1864.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rebels announced social reforms, including strict separation of the sexes, abolition of foot binding, land socialisation, and “suppression” of private trade. They also outlawed the importation of opium into all Taiping territories.