Indian Infographic
Siužetinės Linijos Tekstas
- The East India Company was founded on December 31, 1600. It's purpose was originally just to trade with India, but it later accumulated a large army, and took over parts of India. They heavily taxed people, crushed revolutions of the Indian people, and brought much wealth to Britain.
- Give us freedom! We will NOT live under your rule!
- East India Company
- You will never gain freedom! You are under our rule now.
- The Sepoy Mutiny was from 1857-1859. The Sepoys had enough of being ruled and mistreated by the British, and cartridges with cow and pig fat, that went against both Muslim and Hindu religions, were the last straw before a war. The Sepoy Mutiny later led to the end of the reign of the EIC, and the start of the Britain's direct rule of India.
- Sepoy Mutiny
- We refuse to bite the cartridge.
- You can't do that! You must bite it and obey orders.
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Yes, but we must continue to rebel nonviolently, with civil disobedience.
Sukurta daugiau nei 30 milijonų siužetinių lentelių