what were the changes that British brought to improve the health conditions?
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Britons had done many good things for development of Indians. Some are given below;
1. Abolition of Sati/ self immolation of widow on death of her husband, with the help of Raja Ram mohan Roy and others who were progressive thinking people. The condition of women was improved and the clutches of religion became loose slowly. Many religious improvements were offered and implemented in spite of resistance.
2. Remarriage of widows and Ban on child marriage. Raja ram mohan Roy was instrumental in it too. His contributions are remarkable. This started from bengal which was epicentre of British activities.
3. Law against Thugs to make the transport and travel safe through roads for passengers, commuters and tourists.
4. Introduction of Railways deptt/ Survey of India deptt (calculated the height of mount Everest). Construction of bridges etc. 5.Construction of Irrigation canals in UP, Punjab and setting up of pwd deptt etc
6. Setting up of Telephone/ communication/ telegraph and postal deptt
7. Administrative services were started by them and many Indians had joined them too. I AS, Ifs, IPS services were introduced. They modernized Indian military and made it a winning force.
8. Developed English education system for masses. English became new language for uniting Indians and worked as a bond between them as all leaders started communication in English. They Started Roorkee engg college initially as a surveying institute, delhi college and set up few universities in UP, and other states.
9. Founded many new cities in hills like Shimla , Moussorrie, nainital, Dalhousie, calcutta, madras, bombay and Darjling etc.
10. Made navy and air force strong and standby force eg paramilitary forces for peacekeeping. Modern administration system of military under a single commander who will report to governor General and follow his orders.
11. Laid foundation of democracy in India which was basically a state ruled by hereditary by King's, nawab etc. They started formation of companies, associations, and formed congress and allowed muslim league.
12.construction of capital in New delhi and transfer of power from bengal to central place in order to maintain law and order in better way.
13. They Introduced new games like cricket, football, rugby, etc.
14.Development of infrastructure facilities for themselves to rule India and later it was used by indians.
15. Taught politics to Indians, how to rule this vast land with minimum manpower.
16. Main contribution was unification of india as a single unit from kashmir to kanyakumari and from peshawar to burma. India became nation under them. Before it was divided into large number of states ruled by rajas, maharaja n nawab. Language n culture played major role in dividing the country. Before them india was never as large as during their rule.
17. Change in dressing paTtern ,arms and ammunitions, tools and plants, Machines etc.
18. Electricity generation from hydropower and thermal power was started by them.
19.They allowed aviation industry to run by the Indian businessman.
20. They established new and efficient judicial system and set up civil and criminal courts at district level. High courts and Supreme Court were setup by them. Mughal system was different and quazis were mainly responsible for judgement. Revenue system was also made effective.
21. Introduction of potato and various new items, dishes in indian subcontinent.
Practically they affected each and everything in India and taught a lot to Indians. This list may contain many other things too.
However they had done more bad than good to Indians and some bads are mentioned here:
They had suppressed Indians and exploited Indian resources and ruined Indian industry. How much they had looted from Indian princely states, mughal emperor and public may not be estimated. They converted India from a golden bird to a country of hungry people and snake charmers. During their tenure India faced many famines. Famines became routine in Bengal, orrisa, chhattisgarh, jharkhand, andhra and Karnataka area. However all India was grain deficient.
GDP of India decreased considerably in their rule due to open loot by company officers. However Indian share in trade n commerce at world level during mughal rule was 25% which now decreased to approx nil. It was a land for raw material and no finished product was being made. All finished product were manufactured in Britain and supplied to India for consumption. Traditional industry was completely destroyed and InDian villages which were independent unit before company rule became dependent on cities for their daily needs. Employment was not available in villages. Indians were employed for minor n menial jobs.
In military they were maltreated and were at subordinate positions to British soldier. Their wages, pay and allowances were comparatively less and can't be complained. It was one of main reason of sepoy mutiny in 1857.
1. Abolition of Sati/ self immolation of widow on death of her husband, with the help of Raja Ram mohan Roy and others who were progressive thinking people. The condition of women was improved and the clutches of religion became loose slowly. Many religious improvements were offered and implemented in spite of resistance.
2. Remarriage of widows and Ban on child marriage. Raja ram mohan Roy was instrumental in it too. His contributions are remarkable. This started from bengal which was epicentre of British activities.
3. Law against Thugs to make the transport and travel safe through roads for passengers, commuters and tourists.
4. Introduction of Railways deptt/ Survey of India deptt (calculated the height of mount Everest). Construction of bridges etc. 5.Construction of Irrigation canals in UP, Punjab and setting up of pwd deptt etc
6. Setting up of Telephone/ communication/ telegraph and postal deptt
7. Administrative services were started by them and many Indians had joined them too. I AS, Ifs, IPS services were introduced. They modernized Indian military and made it a winning force.
8. Developed English education system for masses. English became new language for uniting Indians and worked as a bond between them as all leaders started communication in English. They Started Roorkee engg college initially as a surveying institute, delhi college and set up few universities in UP, and other states.
9. Founded many new cities in hills like Shimla , Moussorrie, nainital, Dalhousie, calcutta, madras, bombay and Darjling etc.
10. Made navy and air force strong and standby force eg paramilitary forces for peacekeeping. Modern administration system of military under a single commander who will report to governor General and follow his orders.
11. Laid foundation of democracy in India which was basically a state ruled by hereditary by King's, nawab etc. They started formation of companies, associations, and formed congress and allowed muslim league.
12.construction of capital in New delhi and transfer of power from bengal to central place in order to maintain law and order in better way.
13. They Introduced new games like cricket, football, rugby, etc.
14.Development of infrastructure facilities for themselves to rule India and later it was used by indians.
15. Taught politics to Indians, how to rule this vast land with minimum manpower.
16. Main contribution was unification of india as a single unit from kashmir to kanyakumari and from peshawar to burma. India became nation under them. Before it was divided into large number of states ruled by rajas, maharaja n nawab. Language n culture played major role in dividing the country. Before them india was never as large as during their rule.
17. Change in dressing paTtern ,arms and ammunitions, tools and plants, Machines etc.
18. Electricity generation from hydropower and thermal power was started by them.
19.They allowed aviation industry to run by the Indian businessman.
20. They established new and efficient judicial system and set up civil and criminal courts at district level. High courts and Supreme Court were setup by them. Mughal system was different and quazis were mainly responsible for judgement. Revenue system was also made effective.
21. Introduction of potato and various new items, dishes in indian subcontinent.
Practically they affected each and everything in India and taught a lot to Indians. This list may contain many other things too.
However they had done more bad than good to Indians and some bads are mentioned here:
They had suppressed Indians and exploited Indian resources and ruined Indian industry. How much they had looted from Indian princely states, mughal emperor and public may not be estimated. They converted India from a golden bird to a country of hungry people and snake charmers. During their tenure India faced many famines. Famines became routine in Bengal, orrisa, chhattisgarh, jharkhand, andhra and Karnataka area. However all India was grain deficient.
GDP of India decreased considerably in their rule due to open loot by company officers. However Indian share in trade n commerce at world level during mughal rule was 25% which now decreased to approx nil. It was a land for raw material and no finished product was being made. All finished product were manufactured in Britain and supplied to India for consumption. Traditional industry was completely destroyed and InDian villages which were independent unit before company rule became dependent on cities for their daily needs. Employment was not available in villages. Indians were employed for minor n menial jobs.
In military they were maltreated and were at subordinate positions to British soldier. Their wages, pay and allowances were comparatively less and can't be complained. It was one of main reason of sepoy mutiny in 1857.
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