Tanika Gupta is a British playwright of Bengali origin
What was the British East India Company?
The British East India Company was a powerful private trading company. The BEIC was the most important power in India. They held huge amounts of land and even had it's own army.
Why was India called the "jewel in the crown"?
India was the main supplier of raw materials for Britain, making it Britain's most valuable colony.
Why did Indian industy die out?
A great deal of wealth
flowed from India to Britain. Indian industry died out because of
British trade laws. Many farmers and villages could no longer feed
themselves because they were forced to grow cash crops. India
suffered famines in the late 1800s.
