Also called the “Great Rebellion”. Generally speaking, until 1813, British policy in India had been to develop trade (see The East India Company) and not undertake administrative responsibilities or interfere with Indian beliefs and institutions, but in the years 1784-1813 the Company found itself more and more engaged in the civil administration of Bengal and there was a growing tendency to train administrators in Asian languages and customs so they would better understand the world in which they worked. After 1813 missionaries were allowed to work in India, and in the 1830s the ethos of British rule moved towards policies of modernisation (training an English-speaking class of û Indian administrators and intellectuals, outlawing of such practices as

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Indian Mutiny or Great Revolt". The Literary Encyclopedia. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5006, accessed 25 April 2024.]