British Influences on India in the 1800s

out European principles such as human rights, freedoms of speech, travel, and association, and liberalism. One-third of the subcontinent was ruled by Indian princes under British supervision, and the rest was directly controlled by the Viceroy and administered by about one thousand members of the civil service, all of the English. This knowledge of principles such as freedom naturally led to many Indians desiring this for their own nation, understandable since it appeared that the world's greatest and most powerful nations were self-governing democracies, and this system was obviously successful.
             Part of the newfound desire for freedom experienced by many Ind
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