The British East India Company

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  1. 4. In 1857 a new weapon the ___ was given to British troops and they greased the cartridges with pig and cow fat which were forbidden to be eaten by Hindus and Muslims.
  2. 5. A Hindu custom where the widow was burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband was made illegal in 1829.
  3. 8. The Hindu and Muslim sapoys refused to ouch the greased rifle cartridges and were sentenced to 10 years of ___.
  4. 9. he took charge of the company and defeated his European enemies and made his uncle ruler of Bengal and Bihar.
  5. 13. A law in 1850 gave Christian converts the right to inherit their ancestral lands.
  6. 15. India brought great wealth and Power to the British empire making it the ____ and wealthiest empire int he world.
  7. 16. _____ became the official language for education replacing Persian.
  8. 19. The British formed the British East India Trading Company after seeing the success of the ____.
  9. 20. These governor-generals put incredible _____ strain on The British East India Trading Company.
  10. 21. In 1813, _____ missionaries were given free access to India.
  11. 23. British insensitivities were largely responsible for a series of _____
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  1. 1. He became the first Governor-General of India and managed to bring much of India's territory under British control.
  2. 2. The British thought themselves to be ___ to the Indian people and did not largely interact with them socially.
  3. 3. The 5th Governor-general took even more territory in the late 1790s.
  4. 6. The Company gained this town through a wedding dowery in 1665.
  5. 7. The British East India Trading Company was at war with the _____ who eventually lost India to the British.
  6. 10. The British East India Trading Company was granted a new settlement in 1696 which eventually became known as ____.
  7. 11. As a result of the trouble with The British East India Trading Company the British ____ became involved.
  8. 12. Racial ____ was widely practiced and even the wealthiest of Indian families were treated as less than.
  9. 14. In 1856 the governor-general annexed ____ because the leader died without an heir under British law. This law was much contested.
  10. 17. Although members grew wealthy the British East India Trading Company nearly went____.
  11. 18. In the mutiny of 1857 many British men, women and children were ___ in response to the court martial and 10 year sentences handed down to the Sapoys.
  12. 22. A native soldier in the Indian Army.