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Raj and Empire
Nationalism Reform and Indian
Identity
Nationalism
• Nation: political; organization
• Nationality: cultural; sentiment
Factors in Nationalism
• British organization and law
• Western ideas
– Other national movements
• Revival plus modernization of traditional ideas
– Hindu revival
– Islamic revival
– Socio-religious reform
More Factors
• Education
– English and vernacular press
• Communication
– Railroads
– Postal system
• Social classes beyond land owners
– Commercial
– Intelligensia
Exacerbating Factors
• Misgovernment
– Economic drain
• Discrimination
Bars and Aid to Indian Nationalism
Bars
• Hindu-Muslim divide
• Caste divide
• Language divide
Aid
• Shared reaction to British ungovernment
Pre-Raj Political Associations
• 1838 Zamindari Association of landholders
• 1843 Bengal British India Association
Europeans and Indians concerned with welfare of all
within a British led state
• 1851 British India Association
– Legislative reform
– Tax reform
1861 Councils Act
• Government run by a council of six
– home, revenue, military, law, finance, and (after 1874)
public works
• Viceroy had veto power
1876 Royal Titles Bill
English arguments against
– Unnecessary
– Waste of money in view of famine
English arguments for
– Would impress people of India
– Unify the Empire
– Would accord with European politics
Lord Lytton
• 1877 Durbar
• 1878 Vernacular Press Act
• 1878 India Arms Act
– Exempt Europeand and Anglo-Indians from licensing
• Second Anglo-Afghan War
– Afghanistan was merely 'an earthern pipkin between two
metal pots'
1877 Assemblage
Indian arguments against
– Cost to local princes to attend at Delhi
– Need to address famine
– India was not the India of the Mughal Empire and a
pageant was no longer necessary
1877 Delhi Durbar
View of Durbar Locale by Delhi artist
The Viceroy Receives a Prince
Growth of Publications 1891
Books published
• English 660
• Polyglot 955
• Vernacular 2,157
• Classical (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian) 424
• Most popular books in Religion, languages, poetry
Growth of Publications to 1891
Newspapers
• 490 editions
• Largest paper in Bengal ~20,000 sold
• Bombay ~6,000
• Madras ~5,000
1878 Vernacular Press Act
• (Modeled on the Irish press ac,) this act provided the
government with extensive rights to censor reports
and editorials in the vernacular press.
• Keep regular track of vernacular newspapers.
• If reports judged as seditious, the newspaper was
warned.
• Same report in English language acceptable because
readers would be educated
• Vernacular readers: An “ignorant, excitable, helpless
class.”
1882 Education Commission
• Recommendations
– Literary and vocational training in secondary education.
– Showed inadequate facilities available for the female
education in the country.
– Special attention should be paid towards development of
education among Muslims.
– Local control of elementary schools
Literacy (%)
Male Female Total Literate in English
1881 9.5 0.39 4.8
1891 10.4 0.48 5.7 0.14
1901 9.8 0.6 5.3
Female Education
• Cursetjee founded, the Alexandra Girls' English
Institution
Higher Education
• University of Calcutta
– 1700 graduates between 1858 and 1881
– More than 75% move elsewhere in India
• Many study in England and are admitted to the bar
Sir Manockjee Cursetjee speaking on education in India in
Sheffield
Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917)
• Parsi, educated in
Bombay
• Professor and cotton
trader
• Established British branch
• Council member
“I am a Hinud, a Muslim, a Parsi but
above all an Indian First
1866 East India Association
• Established in London: Indians and retired British
officials
• Initial objective: Inform British government and
public opinion
Naoroji “Drain Theory
• Drain of wealth to Britain
– Salaries and pensions
– Purchase of supplies in Britain
– Interest on loans
– Profits made by foreign investors
– Payments for shipping, insurance and other services
• Prevented capital formation in India
Finsbury Central Election
• 1892 Naoroji runs as a Liberal
• Salisbury, the prime minister, doubted that 'a British
constituency would elect a black man’.
• Wins 2961 votes to 2956; first Indian M.P.
• Loses in 1895
Surendranath Banerjea (1848–1925),
• Passed Civil Service Exam but
dismissed two years later for
‘negligence”
• Editor of The Bengalee
• 1883 Convened first Indian
National Conference in Bengal
Lord Ripon, Viceroy (1880-1884)
• Repeal or modify Vernacular Press Act and
Arms Act
• Local Government Resolution
Local Government Resolutions
• Setting up of local boards throughout the country
• Introduction of the system of elections for the
members of boards
• Empower the boards to manage local sources of
revenue
• Opposed by Indian Civil Service and India Council in
London
1885 Indian National Congress
• Bombay
• Founders
– Retired British ICS officer Allan Octavian Hume
– Other officials, William Wedderburn, Justice John Jardine
– Dadabhai Naoroji
– Umesh Chandra Banerjee, Calcutta, barrister
• Composition: 72 members, 58 Hindus, 2 Muslims.
Indian National Congress
• Occupations: Lawyers, bankers, land owners,
journalists, doctors, teachers, reformers
• Bombay 38; Madras 21; Bengal 4
Making it Acceptable
• Hume and English leaders use Congress as a safety
valve
• Congress leaders use Hume as a lightning rod
General Areas of Requests
• Restrictions on Indians' entrance into the higher
ranks of the Civil Service
• Tax policies,
• Representative government
• Military expenses; officers
• Economic criticisms of British policies
First Meeting, Indian National Congress
Muslim Law (Sharia)
• Under Mughals: Criminal law applied in cities;
Otherwise most Muslims followed local customs
• Under Company: British sought out Muslim scholars
to define law as based on Koran and Hadith
• Raj: Continued to give separate identity to Muslims
Hindu Empowerment
• After fall of Mughals, Hindu temples and pilgrimage
sites were funded by merchants
• In some areas Hindu revival led to “cow protection”
societies
• Conflict with Muslims’ religious obligation to offer
sacrifice on religious days.
• Eid al-Adha, animal sacrifice to commemorate
Abraham’s sacrifice
Ayodha
• 1528: A mosque is built on the site of the birth of
Lord Rama by a Mughal general.
• 1853: First recorded incidents of religious violence
• 1859: British colonial administration erects a fence to
separate the places of worship,
– Inner court to be used by Muslims
– Outer court by Hindus
• 1885 Hindu claims dismissed by Sub Judge Pandit
Hari Kishan
Muslim Education
• Traditional court language had been Persian
– Many scribes were Muslim
• Effort to introduce English less accepted by Muslims
than by Hindus
– Opposed by some orthodox clerics
• Hindu clerks under the Raj replaced the Muslim
scribes.
Muslim Enterprise
• Muslim weavers displaced by English manufacturers
• Early 20th century, Hindu-owned cotton mills began
start of rising economy
India Councils Act 1892
• Six official and five nominated non-official members
– Nominated by Bengal chamber of commerce and
provincial legislative councils
– Other non-official members
– 5 of 24 members in 1892 are Indian
– Allowed to ask questions on finances
• Provincial Councils

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4 The Raj - Nationalism & Reform

  • 1. Raj and Empire Nationalism Reform and Indian Identity
  • 2. Nationalism • Nation: political; organization • Nationality: cultural; sentiment
  • 3. Factors in Nationalism • British organization and law • Western ideas – Other national movements • Revival plus modernization of traditional ideas – Hindu revival – Islamic revival – Socio-religious reform
  • 4. More Factors • Education – English and vernacular press • Communication – Railroads – Postal system • Social classes beyond land owners – Commercial – Intelligensia
  • 5. Exacerbating Factors • Misgovernment – Economic drain • Discrimination
  • 6. Bars and Aid to Indian Nationalism Bars • Hindu-Muslim divide • Caste divide • Language divide Aid • Shared reaction to British ungovernment
  • 7. Pre-Raj Political Associations • 1838 Zamindari Association of landholders • 1843 Bengal British India Association Europeans and Indians concerned with welfare of all within a British led state • 1851 British India Association – Legislative reform – Tax reform
  • 8. 1861 Councils Act • Government run by a council of six – home, revenue, military, law, finance, and (after 1874) public works • Viceroy had veto power
  • 9. 1876 Royal Titles Bill English arguments against – Unnecessary – Waste of money in view of famine English arguments for – Would impress people of India – Unify the Empire – Would accord with European politics
  • 10. Lord Lytton • 1877 Durbar • 1878 Vernacular Press Act • 1878 India Arms Act – Exempt Europeand and Anglo-Indians from licensing • Second Anglo-Afghan War – Afghanistan was merely 'an earthern pipkin between two metal pots'
  • 11. 1877 Assemblage Indian arguments against – Cost to local princes to attend at Delhi – Need to address famine – India was not the India of the Mughal Empire and a pageant was no longer necessary
  • 13. View of Durbar Locale by Delhi artist
  • 15. Growth of Publications 1891 Books published • English 660 • Polyglot 955 • Vernacular 2,157 • Classical (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian) 424 • Most popular books in Religion, languages, poetry
  • 16. Growth of Publications to 1891 Newspapers • 490 editions • Largest paper in Bengal ~20,000 sold • Bombay ~6,000 • Madras ~5,000
  • 17. 1878 Vernacular Press Act • (Modeled on the Irish press ac,) this act provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. • Keep regular track of vernacular newspapers. • If reports judged as seditious, the newspaper was warned. • Same report in English language acceptable because readers would be educated • Vernacular readers: An “ignorant, excitable, helpless class.”
  • 18. 1882 Education Commission • Recommendations – Literary and vocational training in secondary education. – Showed inadequate facilities available for the female education in the country. – Special attention should be paid towards development of education among Muslims. – Local control of elementary schools
  • 19. Literacy (%) Male Female Total Literate in English 1881 9.5 0.39 4.8 1891 10.4 0.48 5.7 0.14 1901 9.8 0.6 5.3
  • 20. Female Education • Cursetjee founded, the Alexandra Girls' English Institution
  • 21. Higher Education • University of Calcutta – 1700 graduates between 1858 and 1881 – More than 75% move elsewhere in India • Many study in England and are admitted to the bar
  • 22. Sir Manockjee Cursetjee speaking on education in India in Sheffield
  • 23. Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) • Parsi, educated in Bombay • Professor and cotton trader • Established British branch • Council member “I am a Hinud, a Muslim, a Parsi but above all an Indian First
  • 24. 1866 East India Association • Established in London: Indians and retired British officials • Initial objective: Inform British government and public opinion
  • 25. Naoroji “Drain Theory • Drain of wealth to Britain – Salaries and pensions – Purchase of supplies in Britain – Interest on loans – Profits made by foreign investors – Payments for shipping, insurance and other services • Prevented capital formation in India
  • 26. Finsbury Central Election • 1892 Naoroji runs as a Liberal • Salisbury, the prime minister, doubted that 'a British constituency would elect a black man’. • Wins 2961 votes to 2956; first Indian M.P. • Loses in 1895
  • 27. Surendranath Banerjea (1848–1925), • Passed Civil Service Exam but dismissed two years later for ‘negligence” • Editor of The Bengalee • 1883 Convened first Indian National Conference in Bengal
  • 28. Lord Ripon, Viceroy (1880-1884) • Repeal or modify Vernacular Press Act and Arms Act • Local Government Resolution
  • 29. Local Government Resolutions • Setting up of local boards throughout the country • Introduction of the system of elections for the members of boards • Empower the boards to manage local sources of revenue • Opposed by Indian Civil Service and India Council in London
  • 30. 1885 Indian National Congress • Bombay • Founders – Retired British ICS officer Allan Octavian Hume – Other officials, William Wedderburn, Justice John Jardine – Dadabhai Naoroji – Umesh Chandra Banerjee, Calcutta, barrister • Composition: 72 members, 58 Hindus, 2 Muslims.
  • 31. Indian National Congress • Occupations: Lawyers, bankers, land owners, journalists, doctors, teachers, reformers • Bombay 38; Madras 21; Bengal 4
  • 32. Making it Acceptable • Hume and English leaders use Congress as a safety valve • Congress leaders use Hume as a lightning rod
  • 33. General Areas of Requests • Restrictions on Indians' entrance into the higher ranks of the Civil Service • Tax policies, • Representative government • Military expenses; officers • Economic criticisms of British policies
  • 34. First Meeting, Indian National Congress
  • 35. Muslim Law (Sharia) • Under Mughals: Criminal law applied in cities; Otherwise most Muslims followed local customs • Under Company: British sought out Muslim scholars to define law as based on Koran and Hadith • Raj: Continued to give separate identity to Muslims
  • 36. Hindu Empowerment • After fall of Mughals, Hindu temples and pilgrimage sites were funded by merchants • In some areas Hindu revival led to “cow protection” societies • Conflict with Muslims’ religious obligation to offer sacrifice on religious days. • Eid al-Adha, animal sacrifice to commemorate Abraham’s sacrifice
  • 37. Ayodha • 1528: A mosque is built on the site of the birth of Lord Rama by a Mughal general. • 1853: First recorded incidents of religious violence • 1859: British colonial administration erects a fence to separate the places of worship, – Inner court to be used by Muslims – Outer court by Hindus • 1885 Hindu claims dismissed by Sub Judge Pandit Hari Kishan
  • 38.
  • 39. Muslim Education • Traditional court language had been Persian – Many scribes were Muslim • Effort to introduce English less accepted by Muslims than by Hindus – Opposed by some orthodox clerics • Hindu clerks under the Raj replaced the Muslim scribes.
  • 40. Muslim Enterprise • Muslim weavers displaced by English manufacturers • Early 20th century, Hindu-owned cotton mills began start of rising economy
  • 41. India Councils Act 1892 • Six official and five nominated non-official members – Nominated by Bengal chamber of commerce and provincial legislative councils – Other non-official members – 5 of 24 members in 1892 are Indian – Allowed to ask questions on finances • Provincial Councils

Editor's Notes

  1. Although the putative divide between Muslims and Hindus became the more dominant colonial charge, caste division had been used throughout colonial history to explain India’s “lack” of politics, and when that did not work, to trivialize its politics as localistic, particularistic, and inherently divisive. Indeed, the antipathy of caste to nationhood was also a common assumption among Indians, that motivated many aspects of social reform from the early nineteenth century on and produced many a disagreement about the relationship between caste politics and nationalist politics as the twentieth century wore on. For many nationalists, caste had either to be discarded altogether or acknowledged as a cultural inheritance that could be seen as another glorious, if frequently degraded, aspect of Indian civilization that had to be returned to its original religious and cultural form
  2. Lytton refused to use any Indian decorations or images, although the lotus was included in a pavilion frieze containing the English rose, Scottish thistle and Irish shamrock. He did not include the Indian princes in the state entry procession through Delhi, in which they would participate in 1903 and 1911. Large banners with coats of arms were designed by Robert Taylor, Bengal civil servant and amateur heraldist, who invented eighty coats-of-arms for the maharajas (Taylor). As Lytton entered the arena, six trumpeters in medieval costume played a fanfare from Wagner’s Tannhäuser. The trope of medieval India expressed supposed Indian backwardness and British paternalism, but the Middle Ages also symbolized utopia to Victorian medievalists like Lytton, who fantasized a benign, harmonious and idyllic medieval feudal hierarchy.
  3. Note: The eventual cost of the 1911 durbar would be £560,000, plus a further £207,000 covering the management and manoeuvres for 80,000 troops (multiply those figures by 100 to get a rough idea of what those cost would be today). The King had suggested that he should be crowned Emperor on Indian soil, an idea vetoed by the Archbishop of Canterbury (noting that a ceremony of Christian consecration would be offensive to Muslim and Hindu sensibilities), and instead a new crown was made, the existing crowns not being allowed to leave British soil, at a cost to the people of India of £60,000.
  4. Sons went to Oxford and Cambridge
  5. In 1904 Dadabhai demanded "SWARAJ" Self Government for India. Dadabhai said "Indians were British citizens with a birthright to be free" and that they had "every right to claim an honorable fulfillment of our British pledged rights". -"It is futile to tell me that we must ait till all the people are ready. The British people did not -wait for their parliament". "Self-government is the only and chief remedy. In self-government is our hope, strength and greatness". "I am a Hindu, a Muslim, a Parsi, but above all an Indian First". Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownagree, parsi elected in 1895
  6. Still exists as scholarly organizaiton
  7. is ‘crime’ was that he had signed an official document which listed a closed case as adjourned. The belief persisted that he was the victim of racism, having incurred the wrath of the local European officials by claiming equality of social status for himself and his wife, Chandidevi, a view indirectly supported by two lieutenant-governors of Bengal. Appeals rejected
  8. 1894 there were 118 Hindu members of Congress and only 20 were Muslims.