2. Advent of Europeans in subcontinent
1497 portugese king Manuel-1 sent Vasco da gama in 1498
1498 he reached Port of Calicut
They enjoyed 100 years of unopposed trade with india
Had control over major ports in India
Made Goa the capital of their activities
3. Arrival of English
1583 Queen Elizabeth-1 dispatched ship Tyger to subcontinent to explore
trade opportunities
1600 a group of merchants were given trade monopoly in subcontinent
Decemer 31,1600 East India company established first office in Bombay
1608 company’s first ship Hector arrived at port of Surat
1615 sir Thomas Roe got the permission to establish factory at Surat(from
whom? And famous for?)
4. Continued…
By 1700 British became strong enough to challenge Dutch and French rivals
Dutch company came in 1602 and French company came in 1664
French company established after Francois Bernie visit to India(served as
personal physician of Aurangzeb).
After 1740’s French and British started supporting rival Indian rulers in
Internal wars(any prominent war worth mentioning?)
5. British military expansion
Built William fort in Calcutta
1717 company got custom tax exemption
Violated trade agreement with Bengal government
1750 sobadar of Bengal nawab Aliwardi khan
He died in 1756 and Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula succeeded him
6. Continued…
Had a dislike for the British
Attacked Calcutta fort and Black hole tragedy happened.
1757 battle of Plassey Nawab Siraj ud Daula vs Robert Clive
Nawab was defeated due to treachery of his uncle Mir Jafar
Mir jafar paid compensation of 24 paragnas and 300000 pounds to company
7. Continued…
1759 war of Bedara of Chinsurah, Mir jafar+Dutch vs company= company won
1764 battle of Buxar, Mir Qasim(son in law of Jafar) + Alamgir 2+ nawab of
Oudh vs Company=Company won
Nizam-ud-din became new nawab
2 deputy Nawabs were also appointed
1.Shehtab Roy
2.Ali Raza khan
8. Continued…
1765 east India company granted
Diwani power (authority to collect
revenue) in Bengal,Bihar,Orrisa by
defeating Shah Alam
Initiated Anglo-Maysore(last war against
which leader and where?) wars in 1767
and Anglo-Maratha wars in 1775
10. Continued…
The power struggle initiated among Sikhs,Muslims,Marhattas internally
weakened the Indian empire
By mid18th century the had built forts in India and generated military to
protect those forts
British and French fought 3 Caranatac wars from 1746-1763. won by British
1.First Carnatic war.1746-1748
2.Second Carnatic war.1749-1754
3.Third Carnatic war.1756-1763
11. Continued…
From 1757-1772 governor of Bengal used to represent British Interests in India
1n 1773 Governor general of India was appointed by British, first holder was
Warren Hastings(replaced by Viceroy in 1858 , lord canning was first viceroy)
British followed 2 methods to gain control
1. use of sanad(subsidiary agreement) between them and local ruler
control of Foreign affairs,Defense, communications
was transferred to company
2.Military conquest or direct annexation of territories
3.Doctrine of lapse(lord Dalhousie 1852)
12. Continued…
By 1823 they became masters of two third of India
Annexed Sindh in 1843
Fought first Anglo-Afghan wars(1839-1919)
Annexed Punjab in ? After defeating which emire?
Fought decisive war in 1857 known as war of indeendence
13. War of Independence 1857-1858
Causes
1.company innovations telegraph,railway seen as cultural invasions
2.Greased cartridges
3.new military reforms 27000 people were imprisoned
4.Missionary activities(Lord macualay’s education report 1835)
5.economic policy new agricultural taxes were levied
6.uncontrolled expansion of British
14. The war
March 1857 a sepoy named Mangal Pandey attacked British officers at the
military garrison in Barrackpore
He was arrested and later executed
April sepoy troopers at Meerut refused the Enfield cartridges, and, as
punishment, they were given long prison terms
comrades, who rose on May 10, shot their British officers, and marched
to Delhi, where there were no European troops,local joined them.
15. British response
British operations to suppress the rise were divided into three parts.
1. First came the desperate struggles at Delhi, Kanpur, and Lucknow during
the summer
2. the operations around Lucknow in the winter of 1857–58, directed by Sir
Colin Campbell
3. finally the “mopping up” campaigns of Sir Hugh Rose in early 1858.
Peace was officially declared on July 8, 1859.
16. Continued…
Reasons for failure
1.lack of leadership
2.lack of equipment
3.revolt in some areas only, no revolt occurred in North western india and
south india
4.financial constraints
5.no defined aim
18. The Britsh rule
1858 government of India act was passed under which authority transferred to
british crown
Indian councils act 1861
1.five members were added in Viceroy’s council
2.6-12 members were added to legislative council of governor general
3.legislative council members could only discuss but could not question
19. Continued…
1883 local self government act
1.formation of muncipal and district councils
2.joint electorate
3.Sir syed was in favor of nominated members instead of elected
1885 Formation of Indian National Congress
1.By lord Octavian Hume in Bombay
2.First president was Womesh Chander Bennerjee
20. Continued…
1892 Indian councils act
1.members of legislative council could discuss budget
2.local bodies were given right to send their elected members to legislative
council
3.no safe guard for muslims provided
22. Muslims’ Renaissance
Aligarh Movement
founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan f/n Mir Muttaqi
Accompanied by nawab Mohsin-ul-mulk,Viqar-ul-mulk,Hali,Shibli,Maulvi Nazir
ahmad,Chiragh ali and M.Hayaat
Born on 17 October 1817 in Delhi
1839 his father passed away
1840 he was appointed as deputy judge
Muslims had a dislike for English after 1835 education report
23. Continued…
Sir Syed’s trinity of ideas
1. salvation for the Muslims of British India
2. Aloofness from Politics
3. Dedication to Education.
services of Aligarh movement
Educational services
1.Muradabad achool 1859
2.scientific society Ghazipur 1864
24. Continued…
3.Ghaziabad school 1862
4.Aligarh institute gazette 1866
5.1869 Sir Syed’s visit to Britain in 1869 and studied education system
6. Anjuman-i-Taraqi-i-Muslamanan-i-Hind 1870 ,after return from Britain
7.M.A.O school in 1875,became college in 1877 and university in 1920
8.Anglo-Muhammadan educational conference 1886
Political services
1.Risala asbab-e-baghawat-e-hind 1858
2.Sarkash-e-zila Binjour
25. Continued…
3.British Indian Association(to convey grievance) 1866
4.Loyal Muhammadans of India
5.Hindi-urdu controversy of 1867;led to two nation theory
Religious services
1.Khutbat-e-Ahmadiya(in response to William Mure’s Life Of
Muhammad(S.A.W)
2.Esaays on life of Prophet(S.A.W)
3.Rah-e-Sunnah wa radd-e-biddat
26. Continued…
Social services
1.Asar-ul-sanadeed
2.Tabaeen-ul-kalaam
3.tehzeeb-ul-akhlaq
4.Aunjuman-e-taraqie urdu 1886(by Abdul Haq
5.Ahkam-e-ta’ame ahl-e-kitaab
27. Continued…
Achievements of Sir syed
1.1877 member of imperial council
2.member of educational council in India
3.member of public service commission
4. honorary degree of LLD from University of Edinburgh in 1889
Sir syed died in 1898
28. Other movements
Darul uloom Deoband
1. founded in 1886 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman
Usmani, Sayyid Muhammad Abid
2. Haji syed Abid Hussain was the first Mohtammam
3. Maulana Muhammad yaqoob nanotvi was first president
4. Maulana mehmood ul hassan was first pupil
29. Continued…
Aims and objectives:
Providing comprehensive information to the Muslims about their religion and
making arrangements for teaching of Quraan, Tafseer, Hadees, etc.
Invoking the spirit of Islam among the students.
Propagation and teaching of Islam.
Preserving the freedom of thoughts and knowledge.
Establishment of Arabic institution for the propagation of Islam.
30. Continued…
Anjuman-e-himayate Islam
1.founded in 1884 in lahore
2. founded by Khalifa Qazi Hameed-ud-Din
3.Founded after incident of conversion of a syed lady to Christianity in 1883
aims and objectives:
1. Providing for the religious and general education for male and female Muslims students.
2. Protection and propagation of Islamic values against the Christian missionaries and Hindu
revivalists.
3. To counteract the propaganda against Islam through speeches and publications.
31. Continued…
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama 1894
1. founded by Maulana Muhammad Ali Almongiri
objectives
1. Remove sectarianism among the ranks of the Muslims
2. Elimination of the prevailing extremist educational ideas and to make
them coherent
3. Improvement of the educational syllabus
4. Elimination of social evils
5. Improvement of all aspects of Muslims’ lives
6. Muslim separation from politics
7. Establishment of a grand educational institution to impart all sorts of
education both, religious and secular
33. Resurgence of Muslim nationalism
Reformists’ teachings
Faraizi movement by Haji Shariat Ullah in 1819 icluding leader like Dudu Mian
and Titu mir
Aligarh movement
Darul uloom deoband
Urdu-Hindi controversy
Formatoin of Indian national congress
Led Muslims to form their own political party in the form of All India Muslim
league in 1906
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