Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
political rights in Transvaal. Finally piece in
1902 after many battles
The Indian Mutiny 1857-1858
Also known as Sepoy rebellion
Was the revolt of the Indian soldiers in the British army in
Bengal
It developed into a wide-spread uprising
Soldiers were angered by the issuing of cartridges
coated in beef and pork fat- taboo to Hindu and Muslims
Soon the civil population was involved in the rising, teh
rebels besieged Lucknow, and conquered Cawnpore and
Delhi, British reconquest 1858
Reforms: rule went to British Crown
First Indian War of Independence
The British Raj in India
The process of expansion involved continual
conflicts between native rulers and the
Company was forced into becoming a
governing organisation
The Company conrtolled the whole India while
last persistent Marathas was defeated
When a ruler died without children, the
Company would be inheritor