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IN PICTURES<br />
A LIFT IN A PALANQUIN<br />
India was the jewel in the empire’s crown,<br />
and as this image from 1922 shows, wealthy<br />
merchants ruled the roost. The British mind<br />
set was to provide India with economic and<br />
educational development in return for control.<br />
DIVIDED SOCIETY<br />
20,000 British ruled over 300<br />
million Indians. Society was<br />
so divided that independence<br />
movements didn’t arise until later<br />
and normal life stayed very similar,<br />
with the practice of snake charming<br />
remaining popular for instance.<br />
YOUNG GANDHI<br />
MahatmaGandhipicturedin<br />
1906duringhisdaysasalawyer<br />
in South Africa. He would go<br />
on to become a pioneer of<br />
non-violent resistance and a<br />
charismatic leader of India’s<br />
independence movement.<br />
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