The Indian Princely States (aka Native States or Princely India) were those states in the Indian subcontinent the British did not conquer but which were typically bound by treaty first to the East India Company and then to the British Crown. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indian_Princely_States/ #History #BritishRaj #EastIndiaCompany #India

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Britain: *steals diamonds*

South Asia: you stole this, give it back

Britain: ok but what if we keep it but we TELL PEOPLE we stole it?

South Asia: ...

Britain: :)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/25/new-tower-of-london-display-acknowledges-complex-history-of-crown-jewels

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The Indian Princely States (aka Native States or Princely India) were those states in the Indian subcontinent the British did not conquer but which were typically bound by treaty first to the East India Company and then to the British Crown. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indian_Princely_States/ #History #BritishRaj #EastIndiaCompany #India

The 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (aka Amritsar Massacre) was an infamous episode of brutality which saw General Dyer order his troops to open fire on an unarmed crowd of men, women, and children trapped in an abandoned walled garden during a Sikh festival. At least 379 people died, and over 1,500 were injured in the massacre.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Jallianwala_Bagh_Massacre/ #AmritsarMassacre #BritishIndia #BritishRaj

The Delhi Durbar was a spectacular public event held in India to commemorate the accession of a new British monarch to the title Empress or Emperor of India. Three Delhi Durbars were held: 1877, 1903, and 1911. The event involved military processions, elephants, and magnificent carriages, as well as a host of rulers of the Indian princely states paying homage to the British Crown in recognition... https://www.worldhistory.org/Delhi_Durbar/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #DelhiDurbar #BritishEmpire #BritishRaj

The Indigo Revolt (aka Indigo Riots or Blue Mutiny) of 1859-60 in Bengal, India, involved indigo growers going on strike in protest at working conditions and pay. The subsequent violence was aimed at exploitative European plantation owners, but the cause was, during and after, taken up by anti-colonial Indian liberals as an example of the necessity for independence. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indigo_Revolt/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #IndigoRevolt #India #BritishRaj

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