Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Empire.
A system where the British maintained absolute power but claimed to exercise it entirely for the benefit of the Indian people.
Benevolent Despotism appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Britain in Peace and War (1900–1918), especially Empire and India.
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