COLONIALISM

British Colonialism in India

British Colonialism in India

Introduction

Colonialism is one distinct form which colonize nation has exerted the direct controls over means of colonized state as political, military and economic. The widespread which intrusion colonizing nation has naturally caused irreversible change in the entire colonized state dimension, social architecture and their people who live (Forkner, 2012). Societies which are living in the sub continent that called by British as India has experienced with much influence from foreign European one. They are trying to manage either absorb or goes for rejected them denied any major structural transform comes from the outside for more than a century.

This paper will give the brief description of the British colonialism development in India and then its implications for the society in India. This paper will also discuss the direct influence on Indian population.

Discussion

Emergence of British Colonialism

In the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth first granted the East India Company established the British chapter opening in India. They built first factory on the back of Hooghly River in Bengal. The initial objective of this factory was to buy the spices, silk, cotton from India and then sell them in to market of west. As time has spent this factory become one enormous trading power bad they start their administration in throughout the country. Policies of this company did not accept by the locals, and they began to start violating against it. This act from locals led the company downfall, and they eventually start spread their power through forming states and imposing their own policies and laws. At the end of eighteen century, the entire sub-continent was ruled by British.

Influence of British Colonialism On India

The social structure of India was based on the four Varna which are much broad class categories exist in India. Some of them describe Varna as the castle and some claim that there are just jati. The four major Varna that is exist in the hierarchical order such as Brahmans, Ksatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras. Some of them describe the existence of fifth Varna “Untouchables” which comes under the bottom of the class system. Majority of Hindus can expelled from Jati and therefore their Varna can become pariahs. Around 20% populations of India are untouchables.

Pollution and Purity

This is the concept of society religious dividend. This is creating the hierarchy from Brahmins comes at top and Untouchables remain at the bottom. The level of purity has defined category of occupation. In the system of Hindu belief, four Varna just become temporarily impure when it comes in contact with polluted things.

The major difference among the Indian people values and British come from the central influence point which concern with social structure was the opposition of individualism, equality will be treated (Majeed, 2009).

Individual Group of People

The old concept of Hindus conception was being basic organizational group at the time of British came to India. They were confronted with the excessive individualism for the western emphasis individual group. During the time of colonialism, this group people mattered a lot and the individual ...