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To what extent did Britain rule India well?
Your task is to:1. Describe the way Britain ruled India2. To explain how India reacted to British rule3. To reach a judgement about the effectiveness
of British rule
Task
• Use the sources to think about:• British views• Indian views• Reliability of the sources – who produced
them, when were they produced, why were they produced, are they biased towards the British or the Indian view point?
Source Summary of source
Who produced it?
When was it produced?
Why was it produced?
Is it reliable?
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
British, Indian or specific person?
Is it from before,
during or after India’s time in the
empire?
Is it intended as
propaganda, to entertain, to inform, to motivate?
Do you trust it to tell you
the absolute
truth?
Michael Pallin
• “If we say that all of our past involvement with the world was bad and wicked and wrong, I think we're doing ourselves a great disservice. It has set up lines of communication between people that are still very strong. We still have links with other countries – culturally, politically and socially – that, perhaps, we shouldn't forget.”
Source A
Year Exports of Indian calico and muslin to Britain
Exports of Indian dyed cotton to Britain
Exports of plain British cotton to India
Exports of dyed British cotton to India
Total cloths sent to Britain from India
Total cloths sent to India from Britain
1814 967,652 298,596 213,408 604,800 1,266,608 818,200
1821 275,352 259,143 9,423,352 9,715,374 534,495 19,138,726
1828 203,848 218,656 30,411,857 12,410,220 422,504 42,822,077
1835 39,459,172 12,318,105 306,086 51,777,277
Source B
Extracts from the Independence Day Resolution passed by the Indian National Congress in 1930
Source C
Source D
Source E
Sati – Hindu ritual sacrifice Source F
Source G
Source H
Source I
Source J
• In some ways Britain did rule India well. For example source …. suggests that …… Source … is from the viewpoint of the …. This means that …..
• Other things that Britain did well include …..
• In other ways Britain didn’t rule India well. For example, in source ….. it suggests that …… This source takes the view point of ….. This means that ……
• Other sources also say Britain ruled India badly, for example ….. They might reach a negative conclusion because…..
• Clearly, opinion plays a part in deciding whether people think the British ruled well or not. For example….
• However, after looking at the sources I think that …..
To what extent did Britain rule India well?