https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p en-us 2017-11-01 01:10:44 UTC 2017-11-01 08:05:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202357703 Formerly the United Kingdom & all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extend at the end of WWI.]]> 2017-11-01 01:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202357703 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202357975 British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government. The policy of granting or recognizing significant degrees of self-government by dependencies, which was favoured by the far-flung nature of the empire, led to the development by the 20th century of the notion of a “British Commonwealth,” comprising largely self-governing dependencies that acknowledged an increasingly symbolic British sovereignty. The term was embodied in statute in 1931. Today the Commonwealth includes former elements of the British Empire in a free association of sovereign states.

]]> 2017-11-01 01:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202357975 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202358288 Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–58. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (Sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow.]]> 2017-11-01 01:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202358288 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202359212 Starting as a monopolistic trading body, the company became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century. In addition, the activities of the company in China in the 19th century served as a catalyst for the expansion of British influence there.]]> 2017-11-01 01:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202359212 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202359560 The immediate event which angered the sepoys was about the ammunition for the new rifles they had to use. The cartridges that were used in the rifles had to be bitten open. Hindu soldiers were angry because they believed the cartridges had cow fat in them. During the 1850s the British rulers continued to forcibly take some regions, ruled by Indians and made these regions (for example: the kingdom of Agra and Oudh, part of the present day Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was seized in 1856) part of the British kingdom. Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General who decided to do this which was against Hindu customs. They did not give any respect to old royal houses of India like the Mughals (nominally Emperors of India) and the Peshwas (the most powerful of the Maratha rulers, leaders of the Maratha Confederacy).]]> 2017-11-01 01:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202359560 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202360368  On January 27, Colonel Richard Birch ordered that no cartridges should have grease on them, and that sepoys could grease them with whatever they wanted. However, this only made the sepoys believe that the stories about the cartridge having pork and beef fat were true. As the hind soliders were strict vegetarians, bitting the pig grease would be deemed incorrect. ]]> 2017-11-01 01:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202360368 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202360825 An Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders.]]> 2017-11-01 01:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202360825 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202361394 The East India Company had been active in India for nearly 250 years, but the violence of the 1857 uprising led to the British government dissolving the company & taking direct control of India. Following the fighting of 1857-1858, India was legally considered a colony of Britian, ruled by viceroy. The uprising was officially declared over on the 8th July 1859. ]]> 2017-11-01 01:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202361394 mansiprath https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202361718 BRITISH VICTORY
Suppression of the revolt
Formal end of the Mughal empire
End of Company rule in India
Transfer of rule to the British Crown

I think this has happened because the Hindu soliders held no power and the British Empire were quick to act. ]]> 2017-11-01 01:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mansiprath/5c2luvwf9g8p/wish/202361718