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British India
Some facts about British India.
In 1600, Queen Elisabeth I gave the right to the British East India Company to a monopoly on trade with India. In 1612, the first trading post was established at Surat in Gujarat, this was the beginning of British India. Other trading posts were established at Madras, Bengal and Bombay. British India was ruled for nearly 250 years by the British East India Company, not by the British government. British India remained a patchwork of states that were ‘independent’ and had their own maharajas and nawabs. But the British government developed a system of central government and the British organisation was replicated in the India government. They gained a lot of power and English became the local language of administration. At the turn of the 20th century, opposition to British India increased. The India National Congress wanted more participation in the government of the country. Later Ghandi joined this Congress Party and adopted a policy of passive resistance to British rule. Faced by a crisis, Independence was declared in 1947.
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