The British Raj participated in the Winter Olympics in 1900.
 The unusual coolness of the winter of 18151816 and of the following summer was primarily due to the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, in April 1815
 At the same time, some of the Indian elite began to move towards British sports as a way of adapting to British culture and thus helping themselves to rise up the ranks; later on, more Indians began to play British sports in an effort to beat the British at their own sports, as a way of proving that the Indians were equal to their colonisers

