Relationship Between India and Britain 1900

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How far do the sources suggest that British rule was accepted in India at the beginning of the 20th Century? By 1900, the relationship between Britain and India had shifted, after the end of the British Rule of the East India Company in 1858. More Indians became open to their rule therefore shifting into accepting this. The change still ignited challenges from those who did not want to accept the British rule; the three sources that I will analyse will help me come to a conclusion about the acceptance at the beginning of the 20th century. Some Indians wanted independence of their own without the British Rule and were feeling discontent with the British rule by 1900. Within the letter sent from the Queen Victoria to Prime Minister Salisbury towards the end of the 19th century, this echo’s the feeling of discontent within the Indian people. The letters reasoning suggests that the Indians were becoming more and more uneasy about the British Rule and how much control they had within the government and other aspects of India, the Queen seems to be trying to suggest to the Viceroy ways in which he can keep the Indians on side and to keep them happy. The second source that of a letter to the Kesari newspaper in 1900 suggest that the Indians to some extent are accepting the rule of the British rule but there are hints of a desire for independence in the future. The British were holding back from this idea making it obvious by not setting a date or allowing any sign to be shown that this would even happen at any point in the distant future, let alone the near future. This suggests that the Indians were accepting the rule of Britain in their country, only as they understood that at this time they needed Britain while they were building themselves up for self-rule. By 1903, with the procession of the Indian Princes at the Delhi Durbar, my final source, seemed to suggest
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