Changes In India During The Age Of Imperialism

The age of Imperialism was during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The United States pursued an aggressive policy for expanding its economic and political influence around the world. The Country that got most affected by this era was India. India's whole culture has changed since the age of imperialism. The British destroyed the whole native culture and replaced it with their own. During the Sepoy rebellion the British would use animal fat for the grease for guns and in India, Hindus believe that cows are sacred and Muslims don't eat pigs. But some of the things that changed about their culture was for the better, like they would let widows remarry which helped a lot because window suicide was a major problem back then. When the British took control of India, they

The Partition of Pakistan and India. Britain left India quickly in about 7 months which led to 14 million Hindus and Muslims moving across the border, 1 million people died, terrible violence, lead to a major security risk. Security experts believe that India and Pakistan place where nuclear war is most possible, because both countries have nuclear weapons. They have fought three wars since 1947 two over borders drawn by the British at independence. But India now has the world's largest democracy that is based around how the British controlled it. In India, the most Important law to them is protecting human rights. During the Age of Imperialism when British controlled India, the poverty rate skyrocketed. In India through 600-800, Indians made their own goods and manufactured their own products, because of the caste system. Young families were born into a caste and they lived their life to work for their personal job. Then during the 1800, after the Industrial Revolution, The British passed laws that forbid the Indians to sell their products and could only buy British