it tells us about: Changes in attitudes toward india new british laws social reforms and reformers lord hastings Education

1. BRITISH
REFORMS IN
INDIA

2. TIMELINE
• 1813: The laws gave Governor-General more freedom to make
reforms.
• 1815: A group formed under the leadership of a high-caste Bengali
Hindu and Ram Mohan Roy
• 1813-1823: Lord Hasting was an important reformer.
• 1829: Lord Bentinck banned the suttee,
• 1829: Lord William was responsible for making suttee illegal
• 1828-1835: Lord William Bentinck was an important social
reformer.

3. CHANGING BRITISH
ATTITUDES TO INDIA
New ideas of equality, freedom
and regarding responsibilities
of government
Complete political control on
the regions of British
Changes demanded by the
religious, political, and social
pressure groups

4. BRITISH INTRODUCE NEW LAWS
British East India company
lost its trade monopoly
Company grew opium to give it
as payments
Ten thousand pounds was to be
spent on education every year.
Christian missionaries were
allowed free entry into the sub-
continent.

5. SOCIAL REFORMS AND REFORMERS
Christian missionaries brought challenges to traditional
religious beliefs.
Hindu practices such as suttee, thuggee and infanticide
became illegal.
Key words:
Suttee-- the former Hindu practice of a widow throwing herself on to her husband's
funeral.
Thuggee—the gang murder and robbery
Infanticide—the killing of babies

6. LORD HASTING ENCOURAGES
LEARNING AND LAW
Important Reformer
Encouraged education
Began “Indianisation”
Supported a center for
Christian missionaries in
Bengal

7. WILLIAM CAREY
A poor shoemaker in England
became a brilliant language expert in
India.
Carey wrote first dictionaries in
several languages
His interest greatly advanced
horticulture in the subcontinent
Introduced the steam engine

8. SOCIAL REFORMER SIR WILLIAM
BENTICK
• Governor General lord William Bentick was another important social Reformer,
he was responsible for making suttee illegal in 1829
• He also made English the language of government and introduced western
education.
• He included the teaching of English and Western ; Science and technology
• English was later popular amongst hindus,who were allowed to take up
responsible posts in British administration.
• There were some explanation of reason for bentick making reforms in source:
There were benefits for Hindu making reform by bentick.
There were some understanding to these steps that will be seperation from
relegious beliefs and practicing from blood and murderer . Then they will remain
no longer under this excitement , view with calmness , accept truth and be freed
from those chains , they may no longer continue the slavery of foreign conqueror
but the people may continue their first places of mankind in great families .
bentick also wrote about eliminate of suttee.

9. INDIAN RESPONSES TO BRITISH
• There were reactions also towards British rule by Indians of various groups that;
I. People who rejected everything western and looked back to the past glories of India
II. People who kept their own culture but studied western ideas for more improvement
III. People who borrowed something from west without feeling disloyal for their country and
feeling guilt to it
• Later people who borrowed things from west began to call from their society to take
good aspects intro Indian culture
• In 1815 a group formed for leadership in caste like BENGALI HINDU,RAM
MOHAN ROY
• He also introduced Christian ideas into Hindu society and supported western style
English to India as well.
• Together with missionary William Carley published books attacking to ‘social evils’.
• He believed that widows should be treated better in all ways.
• He wanted people to believe there is one god
• Roy’s modernized type of Hinduism was later to influence Indian national congress.