Across
- 2. of on the rival European countries that competed for control in India
- 3. built by the British to improve transportation in India
- 7. Who controlled India before the British?
- 9. the acronym for Britain's biggest trading company in India
- 11. Most of the Indian population followed which religion?
- 13. built by the British to improve the health of people in India
- 14. this was used to make it easier to slide the bullets down the gun barrel but was said to contain pork and beef fat
- 16. one of the many things the British bought from the Indians to sell back home for high prices
- 17. the British traded this drug with Chinese merchants causing an addiction problem in China
- 20. the concerns about conversion and the use of animal fats started a ..
- 21. The title of the person ruling Indian on Queen Victoria's behalf
- 22. India was the ..... in the crown of the British empire
- 23. In which century did India gain its independence
- 25. the hindi word for rule
Down
- 1. Many Indian workers were ........ by the British
- 3. Who led the British trading company to victory against the prince of Bengal?
- 4. a violent method used by the British to take new land
- 5. the places controlled by on leading country
- 6. some Indian soldiers were worried that they might be forced to convert to
- 8. Indian soldiers
- 10. one of Britain's motives behind its expansion was to obtain these
- 12. when land was 'found' and claimed before other European nations could claim it
- 14. Famous Indian political leader who campaigned for independence
- 15. British people who would go to another part of the world and live there
- 18. in this century India officially became part of the British empire
- 19. British companies would travel across the globe in order to do this with other companies
- 23. Mahal built by emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century in memory of his third wife
- 24. a collection of areas or countries ruled over by one country