Discuss the British colonial intervention in India's economy in the 19th century
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Colonialism means the integration of the economy of the colony (like India) with the economy of the metropolis (like Britain) through trade and industry. The integration is geared to serve the interests of the metropolitan economy and to that extent, it completely subordinates the economy of the colony to the economy of the metropolis.
British Colonialism intervened in India's polity and also sought to transform the existing polity. The main objectives behind the intervention of this factor were to increase the profitability of the Indian possessions and to maintain and strengthen the British hold over India.
Indian were excluded from higher grades of services and that was a deliberate policy of the British Government. The British Government introduced the Civil Service in India. The special feature of the Indian Civil Services since the days of Lord Cornwallis was the rigid and complete exclusion of Indians from it. The Indian civil services gradually developed into one of the most efficient and powerful civil services in the world.
The British also established a new system of laws through the process of enactment codification of the old laws. The traditional system of justice in India had been largely based on customary law which arose from long tradition and practice, though many laws were based on 'Shashtras' and 'Shariat' as well as on imperial authority. They introduced regulations, codified the existing laws and often systematized and modernized them through judicial interpretations. Their Charter Act of 1833 conferred all law making power on the Governor-General-In-Council. All this meant that Indians now to live under man-made laws.
The Indian legal system under British rule was based on the concept of equality. As a result of British intervention in India's polity, India was transformed by the end of the 19th century into a classic colony.
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British Colonialism intervened in India's polity and also sought to transform the existing polity. The main objectives behind the intervention of this factor were to increase the profitability of the Indian possessions and to maintain and strengthen the British hold over India.
Indian were excluded from higher grades of services and that was a deliberate policy of the British Government. The British Government introduced the Civil Service in India. The special feature of the Indian Civil Services since the days of Lord Cornwallis was the rigid and complete exclusion of Indians from it. The Indian civil services gradually developed into one of the most efficient and powerful civil services in the world.
The British also established a new system of laws through the process of enactment codification of the old laws. The traditional system of justice in India had been largely based on customary law which arose from long tradition and practice, though many laws were based on 'Shashtras' and 'Shariat' as well as on imperial authority. They introduced regulations, codified the existing laws and often systematized and modernized them through judicial interpretations. Their Charter Act of 1833 conferred all law making power on the Governor-General-In-Council. All this meant that Indians now to live under man-made laws.
The Indian legal system under British rule was based on the concept of equality. As a result of British intervention in India's polity, India was transformed by the end of the 19th century into a classic colony.
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