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Its position in Indian culture has been compared with that of Italy in European culture. Given different historical situations, the comparison might have gone the other way. Western impact was central to Calcutta (particularly noticeable in its architecture), the capital of British India, and provided the impetus for what is known as the Bengal Renaissance.
Feb 17, 2011 · The Bengal army was recruited not from Bengal itself but from northern India, especially from Awadh. To be a soldier in the Bengal army had become an occupation to which high status was attached ...
The disbanding of local armies and the absorption of Indian soldiers into the East India Company’s army led to unemployment and discontent among former princely states’ military personnel. The suppression of local industries and the impact of British economic policies led to the impoverishment of artisans, weavers, and small-scale industries, contributing to economic discontent.
Jan 22, 2023 · Reforms to the Bengal Army. The Bengal Presidency was famed for having very brave native soldiers who won many battles against a number of north Indian states and the Sikhs. The Bengal Army, especially its infantry (i.e. the Bengal Native Infantry), were not a diverse group of people, as most of them came from the landowning Bhumihars and ...
Indian army; firstly in the re-organization of the Bengal army after the Mutiny, and later in the Bombay and Madras armies. The discussions that led up to the application of divide and rule in the Bengal army have been preserved for us in the pages of the Peel Report on army re-organization, published in 1859 along with the testimony of witnesses,
Jan 24, 2007 · In this work Bayly accepted Marshall's argument that Britons did not plan the ‘revolution’ of 1757 in Bengal, but suggested that ‘the Company's long held desire to acquire a local fiscal base and its tendency to regard the Bengal rulers as mere officials rather than kings suggest that this “revolution” was an outcome of basic organization and assumptions of its Indian establishments ...
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Oct 17, 2024 · Indian Rebellion of 1857, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. It was long described by Western historians as the “Indian Mutiny,” or “Sepoy Mutiny.”.
