Why did the British want to colonize India?
an indian raj wanted british support to rout the french from his area – under that pretext the british invaded under the guise of the British East India Company – East India was were the British first landed and conquered hence the name under the guise of ‘ Trade ‘ India had a feudal system – the Indian Princes kept all of their powers and lands as did most of the indian aristocracy – the british kept power ‘ The British Raj ‘ with the King of England as Emperor of India as Queen Victoria was Empress of India the people of india were used by the empire – labour – drummed into the army and navy and sent overseas to fight in britains wars – sent into the civil service to work in administrative positions througout the world – a cheap and exploited pool of labour – it was this last group of civil servants that brought forth the likes of Gandhi and Nehru who would lead india to independence after world war 2 so indians were effected both negatively and positively since nehru and gandhi grew