British Rule Over India

British over India

• British rule from the time after the chaos is often called the Raj.
• tiny number of British officials and troops ruled over 300 million Indians.
• huge numbers of Indian troops, police officers, civil servants

British over India

• most Indians accepted and even approved of British rule
• Britain could not have controlled India without the co-operation of Indian princes and local leaders

British over India

• Other historians point out that British rule of India was maintained by the fact that Indian society was so divided that it could not unite against the British