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30:00 missionaries indian by blood and color british by tastes, opinions, morals and intellect 39:00 macaulay wanted to civilise india, eic wanted to make money --- opium trade (using china as a scapegoat) 41: emperor of china snapped; 20k opium chests were dumped into the ocean 42: selling opium in china = profit to find the tea trade in india = profit in britain 43: btish fought and ended up with the handing over of hk to brtain (centre of the ongoing opium trade) 43:39 eic's own local standing army, >250k, +- 95% natives, rose up 46: there was a rumor the tip of the gun cartridges (which had to be removed by biting on it and bullet -- this caused the muslims+hindus to become allies 47:50 "indian mutiny" this is india's first move for independence 49:30 rebellion of army in delhi 51: mass killings 53: spiralled out of control 54:30 mutiny was beginning of the end of eic; made mistakes in its chief administration as well as the way it managed its army, but the amount of lives and treasure lost and spent had to mean that india had to become part of the btish empire 55: 1st nov 1858 btish india had been handed over to queen vic of btish 57: being able to speak eng, at leats at an international standard is a legacy and an advantage in the world we're still living with the consequences of what they built, and what they destroyed... of history's most influential company