impact of british rule
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Impact of British Rule in India
Economic Impact:
1) India became an economic colony of industrial England.
2) Indian handloom weaving industry was hit by the industrialization in England and eventually collapsed.
• Indian handicrafts lost both domestic and foreign market.
3) Land revenue experiments mentioned below caused hardship to cultivators:
• Lord Cornwallis’s Permanent Settlement System
• Ryotwari & Mahalwari Systems
4) Commercialization of agriculture hard hit the labourers where numbers of landless labourers increased.
• This led to the birth of new money-lending class where peasants were exploited as they had to borrow money from the money-lenders.
Social and Cultural Impact:
1) Amid social issues like Sati, Child Marriages, Infanticides; ideas like Liberty, Equality, Freedom, and Human Rights were brought by the British.
2) To improve the condition of women in society, various legal measures were introduced.
3) British showed keenness in introducing the English language in Indian society.
• The vernacular languages were ignored
4) The British Parliament issued the Charter Act of 1813 by which a sum of Rupees One lakh was sanctioned for promoting western sciences in India.