Victoria, Empress of India
I can describe the relationship between India and Britain during Victorian times.
Victoria, Empress of India
I can describe the relationship between India and Britain during Victorian times.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- During Victorian times, the British Empire controlled many countries around the world including India.
- Britain had gradually taken control of more and more territory of India before and during Victoria's reign.
- In 1876, Victoria was given the special title 'Empress of India'.
- Later in Victoria's life, one of her most faithful servants was called Abdul Karim, who was from India.
- Some of Victoria's other household servants were angered by Abdul and did not want to treat him as an equal.
Keywords
India - India is a country in southern Asia surrounded on three sides by the Indian Ocean
Empress - the female leader of an empire is called an empress
Servants - a person who has a job working in someone else's home is a servant
Household - a ruler's household includes all the people who support a ruler and live in the same building as them or very near to them
Common misconception
Pupils may think that Britain still rules over or controls India today.
Britain does not rule India today. Britain ruled India and much of the surrounding land for over 300 years, but this ended in 1947 when the territory was partitioned into two separate independent countries which became India and Pakistan.
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a person who works in someone else's home
the female leader of an empire