Absentee Sovereignty means that India was being ruled by the British government from England, at a distance of thousands of miles. Absentee Sovereignty of the British rule was resented by the Indians. the earlier rulers like the Mughals, who had conquered India, and in course of time, settled in India. The revenues they collected from the Indians were spent in India only but in the case of British, the Indians felt that they were being ruled from England and India's wealth was being drained to England and not utilized for their welfare.