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Detailed Essay Plan: “British rule in India in the years 1857 to 1900 combined self-interest with an arrogant attitude of racial superiority towards the native population.”

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“British rule in nniiu in the yeurs 8i57 to 8900 co mbinei self-interest with un urro aunt
uttituie o f ruciul surerio rity to wuris the nutiee ro rulutio n.”
Juiaement= To u lurae extent, British rule in nniiu co mbinei self-interest with un urro aunt uttituie
o f ruciul surerio rity to wuris the nutiee ro rulutio n to u lurae extent. Po liticully, eco no micully,
militurily, uni so ciully, British rule wus busei o n self-interest uni un urro aunt uttituie o f ruciul
surerio rity to u lurae extent. Almo st ull benefts o f British rule, ururt fro m eiucutio n, were io ne fo r
self-interest ruther thun to beneft nniiu. The few benefts thut iii co me fro m British rule were
struteaic, to rreeent uno ther mutiny fro m hurrenina.

Eco no micul, most significnt crec of self-interest, mcncged for mcximum proft

- Fo cus o n cush cro rs fo r Brituin’s self-interest= co nsumrtio n rer heui ieclinei. Durina Greut
Fumine 8i76-7i, 5.5 mill iiei.
- Teu rluntutio ns increusei fro m 8 in 8i58 to 295 by 8i78. By 8900, neurly ull o f teu imro rts
to GB were fro m nniiu, irieen by GB iemuni fo r teu.
- Mussiee increuse in ruilwuy co nstructio n ufer the Mutiny. An ueeruae o f 2 miles/iuy, 85,000
miles by 8ii0, uni ruilwuy arew fro m 2ii miles 8i57 to 24,760 miles by 8900. Drieen mo stly
by self-interest; built to beneft Brituin, usei fo r truie, ierlo yment o f tro o rs. Attituie o f
ruciul surerio rity = Brituin fueo rei Analo -nniiun uni Christiun nniiuns fo r emrlo yment o n the
ruilwuys
- British surrressio n o f iniiaeno us textiles iniustries fo r self-interest. Brituin imro sei u 5%
exercise iuty o n co to n fo o is in 8i95.

Ho weeer, while British rule o eer the eco no my wus irieen by self-interest, so me nniiuns iii
beneft fro m British rule.

- By 8900, there were 37,000 miles o f metulei uni 836,000 miles o f un-metullei ro ui.
- Brituin rro eiiei u sianifcunt murket fo r nniiun ao o is, with nniiu exro rtina 83.3 mill o f
co to n, 2.9 mill o f iniiao uni 2.i mill o f uute to GB in 8i76 ulo ne.
- Between 8i57 uni 8900, 30 mill ucres urtifciully irriautei (8/6 o f uariculturul luni).
Ho weeer, this wus to uii the aro wth o f cush cro rs fo r British eco no mic interests, uni no t to
beneft the iniiaeno us ro rulutio n

Po liticully evidenie of self-interest cnd crrogcnt rciicl superiority

- GB’s rrio rity ufer mutiny= keer co ntro l. Usei ‘iieiie uni rule’ usina iiferences o f ruce,
lunauuae, reliaio n, custe. Self-interest, muke nniiu eusier to ao eern
- Limitei nniiun ineo leement in ao eernment. 8i92 refo rms ullo wei u leeel o f eiucutei nniiun
rerresentutio n o n rro einciul co uncils. Self-interest, fo r GB to remuin in co ntro l
- nCS muinly white, mule British, who rerretuutei u sense o f surerio rity. Only 30/8000 nniiuns
in the nCS by 8900. Buneruee rreeentei fro m uo inina nCS, sho wina ruciul surerio rity.
- British o fciuls sneerei ut ‘Benauli Bubus’. Burina, “we shull no t subeert the British Emrire by
ullo wina the Benauli Bubu to iiscuss his o wn scho o ls uni iruins”.
- Reuctio n to the nllbert Bill 8ii3 = “white mutiny”, sho wei ruciul surerio rity.

Militury Evidenie of self-interest cnd crrogcnt rciicl superiority

- Militury refo rms ro st-mutiny irieen by u iesire to keer co ntro l, sho wina self-interest
- Rutio o f British tro o rs to nniiuns set ut 822, by 8ii0 8/3 o f the British urmy in nniiu, uni
62/74 Benauli reaiments iisbuniei. Sho wei self-interest us they wunt to keer co ntro l

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