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236 million Indians under British rule
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Indian rebellion
- 62/74 Bengali regiments disbanded
- more Gurkhas and Sikhs appointed
- trained in different districts to prevent unity
- Indians denied high ranks
- arms in British control
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Government of India act
- Viceroy replaced Governor - General I first viceroy: channing - introduced 3000km railway, imperial cadet force and gun training
- gave BEIC powers to crown
- courts give precedence to English law, but Indian traditional law still upheld to keep locals happy
- ss of state for India post created
- council made up of 15 created
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Doctrine of lapse
- Stops inheritance of land and titles even if adopted
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Brussels conference
-Initiated by king leopold
- he had interests in Congo
- established international African association - oversaw European efforts
Led to European imperialism andsuffering of Congolese people
- Leopold as chairman, Henry Stanley as head of Congo region -
Berlin conference
- 1884 -1885
- organised/initiated by Otto Von Bismarck -Partitioned Africa
- General act - protected explorers, scientists, missionaries, indigenous. Stopped slave trade; free trade in Congo basin
- 14 European states + USA