The initial acquisition of India under the British East India Company and the ongoing domination under the British Raj of a population ... poems that take place during the independence movement ...

The British East India Company came as traders and became rulers and administrators, had influenced the economic and political systems of the country. During British rule, colonial India followed ...

This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule throughout the 1700s and 1800s. From 1757, the East India Company began to control the government, economy and education ...

British colonialism in India From 1857, India was directly ruled by Britain, and known as the British Raj. The British Raj had a big impact on the lives of people in both India and Britain.