How did Britain Conquer India? | Animated History

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Sources:
1857 Indian War of Independence:1857 Indian Sepoys' Mutiny, Shahid Hussain Raja
The East India Company, Brian Gardner
The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational, Nick Robins
A History of India, Peter Robb

Music:
Breathing Planet by Doug Maxwell
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) by Antonio Vivaldi, in HD quality!
- Classical music piece performed by: John Harrison — Violin / Robert Turizziani — Conductor / Wichita State University Chamber Players
Yonder Hill and Dale by Aaron Kenny

[TheArmchairHistorian]

Corrections should be placed underneath this comment.

Lots of mispronunciations and misspellings in this one, sorry about that!

"ceized" instead of "seized, " and "Well-es-lee" instead of "Wells-lee."

Thanks!
Griff

[bouncinbetty]

I love how he stops saying "England" and starts saying "Britain" after 1707 because Scotland joined the union in 1707, brilliant attention to detail!

[kreativepulp]

It's like what Dr. Shashi Tharoor said in famous Oxford speech - "The sun never sets on the British Empire because even God can't trust the British in the dark." Brilliant and very, very true! 😜🤣🤣🤣🤣

[foodista]

The Persians, Dutch, French, British, Portuguese, etc many nations had invaded India because of its riches... Even in London you find many museums where sovegniors robbed from India are present which are worth billions..

[aididf]

“If you see two fish fighting in water, you can be sure an Englishman passed by five minutes ago.”

[otomackena]

You missed one 'Divide and Rule'

[thisisthetruth]

In short-

They came as traders, Obtained trade rights from local rulers, misused trade rights, governor of bengal took action, his general was paid off and brits took control of bengal, brits used local rulers against other rulers to gain control of certain region, Subsidary alliance was established with many of local kings allowed deployment of british army in nearly whole India. Doctrine of lapse was imposed mamy kingdome were took over by brits(why they did not resist? Because british army was already deployed in their kingdoms). In 1857 indians revolted, british crown took control, Nationalist movements rose and India gained independence in 1947.

[siddharthak]

carribean: west indies
indonesia: east indies
india: am I a joke to u

[Ok-dqyl]

British:yes it's mine all India
Portugal:no GOA it's mine

[TheHeartMadeOfStone]

So in short, the British did all that conquering in search of..spices? Thats right, European food was so bland and tasteless that they were willing to die in search of flavor 😂 can't make that up!

[Kyle-lxru]

Just the name India brings atleast half a million views.

[djfhsusbruh]

The "enemy of enemy is friend" attitude of rulers killed India.
That's a fact.

[adityaj]

Literally in every video with "Britain" in the title: “If you see two fish fighting in water, you can be sure an Englishman passed by five minutes ago.”

[qbek_san]

Somebody: "What? You say corporation so powerful that it has power over a nation? You've watched too many cyberpunk movies!"
> Meanwhile British East India Company in 1750

[Duck-wcde]

everybody: figthing everywere in india
portugal: just chiling in goa

[driptitan]

looking back at old videos makes me realize how much the artwork has improved over the years. keep up the good work!

[X_A_ic]

In short....
Europeans came to trade spices
India was in a civil war
The Brits beat the other Europeans
The Brits eventually swept through the rest of the sub-continent

[KingKhan-]

Fun facts- At this point of time in history, India controlled about 40% of global trade.

[PeruvianPotato]

No joke, my history teacher is using this video as part of his Indian Colonization lesson. I was shocked when I saw one of my subscriptions featured in school

[OrangeUtan]

It's crazy how a company could take over an entire subcontinent.