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British rule in India

Illusions of power

This article explores the character of British rule in India from the late eighteenth century to 1947. By keeping their distance from Indian society, and using extreme military force when challenged, a very small number of Britons maintained an unstable control

Bombay, c.1731, with the East India Company warehouse.

Edexcel AS The British empire: colonisation and decolonisation; The British empire challenged

OCR (A) AS Foreign and imperial policies 1945–90

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