COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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They sought to incorporate Indian culture into their education.
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They understood that Indian culture was made up of many diverse groups and considered each group’s culture separately.
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They considered Indians their intellectual equals.
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They dismissed Indian culture as inferior to their own.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British destabilised crop patterns by forced commercial cropping, and left Indians more prone to famines. Between 12 and 29 million Indians died of starvation while India was under the control of the British Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -What might have led the majority of British people to dismiss Indian Culture so readily? The British knew little of the Indian achievements and believed that foreigners were uneducated.
Detailed explanation-3: -Whereas Britons of the Raj viewed Indians as “a people so different from themselves, ” Britons during Company rule viewed Indians as compatible with British culture, yet Britons of both periods felt that Indians needed to be changed by the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indians were looked down upon by the British and Indian culture was treated as inferior to European culture. The British were ETHNOCENTRIC. Indian workers provided the British with inexpensive (cheap) labor – worked long hours, often under terrible working conditions.