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Historians consider India's modern age to have begun between 1848 and 1885. The appointment of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General in 1848 set the stage for changes to establish a modern state, including consolidating sovereignty, surveillance of the population, and educating citizens. Technological changes like railways, canals, and telegraph were also introduced. However, disaffection with the East India Company grew during this time and led to the 1857 Indian Rebellion. While the rebellion was suppressed, it resulted in the dissolution of the East India Company and direct British rule over India. The new British government proclaimed a unitary state and limited parliamentary system, while also protecting princes and landed gentry to prevent future unrest. Public life

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Modern India

Historians consider India's modern age to have begun between 1848 and 1885. The appointment of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General in 1848 set the stage for changes to establish a modern state, including consolidating sovereignty, surveillance of the population, and educating citizens. Technological changes like railways, canals, and telegraph were also introduced. However, disaffection with the East India Company grew during this time and led to the 1857 Indian Rebellion. While the rebellion was suppressed, it resulted in the dissolution of the East India Company and direct British rule over India. The new British government proclaimed a unitary state and limited parliamentary system, while also protecting princes and landed gentry to prevent future unrest. Public life

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Historians consider India's modern age to have begun sometime between 1848 and 1885.

The
appointment in 1848 of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General of the East India Company set the
stage for changes essential to a modern state. These included the consolidation and demarcation of
sovereignty, the surveillance of the population, and the education of citizens. Technological changes
—among them, railways, canals, and the telegraph—were introduced not long after their introduction
in Europe.[126][127][128][129] However, disaffection with the company also grew during this time and set off
the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Fed by diverse resentments and perceptions, including invasive British-
style social reforms, harsh land taxes, and summary treatment of some rich landowners and princes,
the rebellion rocked many regions of northern and central India and shook the foundations of
Company rule.[130][131] Although the rebellion was suppressed by 1858, it led to the dissolution of the
East India Company and the direct administration of India by the British government. Proclaiming a
unitary state and a gradual but limited British-style parliamentary system, the new rulers also
protected princes and landed gentry as a feudal safeguard against future unrest. [132][133] In the decades
following, public life gradually emerged all over India, leading eventually to the founding of the Indian
National Congress in 1885.[134][135][136][137]

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