In 1858, the British officially announced that India became a colony of Britain. The India British company returned the political power to queen Victoria. In 1876, India was renamed the Indian Empire.
Before that, the East India British company kept carrying resources, like food and metal, out of India India which caused the famine in India. The India British Company monopolized all the trades. The company forced the local people to work for them with a very low payment. This famine caused the death of 10 million people. Soon the famine expanded to the whole country, and ultimately it killed 40 million people.
In the after 50 years, the British tried to swipe out all of their competitors. The Indian British company named India the land of Company (Company Raj) As a result,on May 10, 1857, local Hindus and Muslims established an army and went against the British. The army swore allegiance to the Mughal Emperor. Soon, middle and northern India joined this war. In the end, the British won the war, but they have[suffered] a lot of death and injuries too.
In 1909, India proposed to establish their own government by appointing the governor's advisory and the establishing the provincial assembly.
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