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what do historians mean when they say that to be successful in the nineteenth century Indians had to become Anglicized​

Answer 1

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One had to adopt the British system: Had to speak in English, had to dress like the English since the scope of advancement was limited owing to the prejudica attitude of the imperialists

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Answer 2

Answer: The British, when they entered subcontinent, had always believed they were superior than all those 'peasants'. Indeed one English historian even said, "A good shelf of English literature from a good library in britain accounts for the whole of local literature in India". This shows that British thought themselves superior and found it their duty to spread their 'superior' culture in Britain.

For Indians to lead better lives they had to become anglicised, meaning learn English, gain English education, forsake their culture for the English one- so they could gain jobs, positions in the subcontinent which was in utter griphold of British by 1835.

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