History A-Level
British social reform in India
What British social reform in India means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The drive against Sati and female infanticide, involving legal bans, surveillance and persuasion, often led by officials like Bentinck and Sleeman.
Topics that use British social reform in India
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 4 Nearly losing an empire: the British in India, 1829–58 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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