Pros and Cons of Indirect Rule

Indirect rule was a system of governing newly acquired colonies that incorporated the cooperation of local political figures. This system was only possible when the local figures would cooperate. If they would not, a different type of system was used. This was called direct rule. Indirect rule was implemented in many places. In the Dutch East Indies the British Empire used indirect rule. In this case it was used because the local political figures were not opposed to the idea. In Burma however, indirect rule was simply not possible because there was a huge amount of opposition. In this case the British Empire was forced to use direct rule. Another case of indirect rule was in Northern Nigeria (Then called Sokoto). In this case, indirect rule was used because the British were very interested in the country, but they wanted to keep the British flag flying over as many places as th

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