British Imperialism in India “All the rulers had spent their early years in England. They were influenced by British thinking, British ideas, that's why our leaders always said to the British, "How can you do these things?" They are against your own core values. “We had no hatred, in fact it was the opposite: it was their values ​​that revolted us.” -Aruna Asaf Ali, leader of the Indian National Congress. (Masani, cited in Wood, 32, 1989) There is no doubt that British imperialism had a considerable impact on India. India, which was previously a group of independent and semi-independent principalities and territories, underwent great changes under British rule. Initially intended to consolidate their hold on India by establishing a population speaking the same language as their rulers, the British decision in the 1830s to educate Indians in the Western way, with English as the language of instruction, was the beginning of a chain of education. events, including a rise in Indian nationalism, which led to Indian resentment of British imperialism and ultimately the loss of British control over India. One of the most important factors in the loss of British control over India was the establishment of English as a unifying element. language. Before British colonization, India was fragmented and multilingual, with 15 major languages ​​and around 720 dialects. English served as a common ground for Indians and allowed distinct cultural and ethnic groups to identify with one another, something that had rarely, if ever, happened on a large scale before. Although it was mainly educated Indians from a privileged caste who spoke English, these were the most influential people as facilitators of the communication of nationalist ideas among the population. The publication of magazines and journals in English also had a great influence on the rise of Indian nationalism. Although most Indians received nationalist ideas orally, these newspapers allowed Indians who were proficient in English to come into contact with the ideas of social and political reformers. Political and social reform in India was achieved through European political principles introduced to India by the British. Indians were anglicized and the British ideal for an Indian was to be “Indian in blood and color, but English in tastes, opinions and intellect,” as one British legislator put it (Rich, 214 , 1979). This Western education inevitably led educated Indians to confront European principles such as human rights, freedoms of expression, travel and association, and liberalism...