British Empire in India: Annexation and Rule

political, economic, and social aspects of the annexations

British largely recognized the political legitimacy of Indian rulers

Each British decision to annex an Indian state considered the legal 'justifications' for the act

<p>overt unilateral annexation of territory from another state</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>ongoing implications for today's world of the issues and forces that generated the confrontations between British and indigenous Indian societies of the 1757-1857 period</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>2.5 million square kilometres or one million square miles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mixture of motives and methods, policies and principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indirectly through their authority over the Indian ‘Princes’</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Serial annexation and extension of indirect rule over Indian states</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Covered the entire sub-continent, barring a few tiny coastal enclaves held by squabbling European trading companies, compared to the English East India Company's rule over all of India by 1857</p> Signup and view all the answers