History of Indian Civilization - Indian Civilization [Lec 25]

The History of Indian Civilization, [Lec 25]; UCLA, Lecture of 9 March 2012. Some comments on Indian indentured migration to the Caribbean, Mauritius, South Africa, and elsewhere; the Opium Trade, and the triangular relationship of Britain, China, and India; the Opium Wars; policies of annexation and the doctrine of lapse; the annexation of Awadh; reasons for the rebellion of 1857-58, and its brief history; brutal repression of the rebellion; end of Company rule, and India as a Crown Colony; emergence of Indian nationalism and the founding of the Indian National Congress in 1885; Ganapati festival, and its politicization; nationalist leaders such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak; the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal; the partition of Bengal in 1905. See the full playlist for “History of Indian Civilization”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy3KRgc0HE8B4neta_B8LPM0G9UWy-Cqe Subscribe for more lectures on Indian Civilization, World History, Bollywood, Gandhi, and much else... Blog: https://vinaylal.wordpress.com/ MANAS (a pedagogical website on Indian history, culture, religions, politics, and so on): http://southasia.ucla.edu/ UCLA Faculty Page: https://history.ucla.edu/faculty/vinay-lal Books: https://vinaylal.wordpress.com/books-by-vinay-lal/