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1774 – 1947
Starting in the late 1700s, the British East India Company controlled much of India, building roads and schools but exploiting resources and people. Resistance grew, culminating in the 1858 Sepoy Mutiny, after which the British government ruled directly under the Raj until India gained independence in 1947.
Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame
Compelling novel about an Indian girl during a rebellion against British colonizers
Dindy and the Elephant
Novel about a British girl in India, learning more about the dynamics of her adopted home
What Life Was Like in the Jewel in the Crown: British India
Informative overview of life in British-ruled India
Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia
Exploration of the history of colonialism in South Asia, for older readers
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