00.00 – 02.07
Niall Ferguson introduces the question of how a few thousand British ruled in India for so long.
02.08 – 08.13
The importance of technology in the empire – for example, for mapping the land, the use of telegrams and advances in military equipment.
08.14 – 12.15
The role of Indian soldiers and of technology in the hostage crisis in Abyssinia in 1866.
12.16 – 22.00
How the British lived and worked in India, illustrated by images from the hill station at Simla.
22.01 – 24.29
The policy of developing an educated Indian elite to work in administrative posts.
24.30 – 27.29
The treatment of black people in the Caribbean in the wave of religious protests.
27.30 – 36.10
The White Mutiny – a protest against the increased role for Indian lawyers and the tensions between liberal administrators and hard-nosed English businessmen in India.
36.11 – 45.04
Viceroy Curzon, his involvement with the Indian princes, and the beginnings of opposition from well-educated Indians.
45.05 –48.00
The crumbling base of British power in India at the end of the 19th century.
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