Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India

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also stopped paying tributes to the Mughal emperior. Under the rule of these rulers, Bengal made unprecedented progress

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Alivardi Khan

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Black Hole Tragedy

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The Battle of Plassey, Siraj-ud-daula

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The Battle placed at the disposal of the English vast resources of Bengal

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The Battle of Plassey

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Battle of Plassey

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Siraj-ud-daula, mir Kasim vs English Mir Jafar

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shifted the capital from Murshidabad to Munger in Bihar.

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mir Kasim

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Reason for battle of Buxar

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issue of misuse of dastak

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battle of Buxar

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The combined armies of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Awadh Shuja Ud daula
and Shah Alam II were defeated by the English forces

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The Treaty of Allahabad 1765 with Awad and Mughal emperor shah alam II

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battle of Buxar

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For the exercise of diwani functions, the Company

appointed two deputy diwans

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Mohammad Reza Khan for Bengal and Raja Sitab Roy for Bihar

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gave a deadly blow to

the great kingdom of Vijayanagar

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After the battle of Talikota (1565

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two brothers had reduced Chikka Krishnaraja Wodeyar to a mere puppet

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two brothers, Nanjaraj (the sarvadhikari) and Devaraj (the Dulwa

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Haidar Ali took the help of the French to set up an

arms factory

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at Dindigul (now in Tamil Nadu),

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First Anglo-Mysore War

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The Nizam, the Marathas, and the English allied together against Haidar Ali ; was inconclusive

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Treaty of Madras

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First Anglo-Mysore War

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Second Anglo-Mysore War reason

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English attempt to capture

Mahe a direct challenge to his authority.

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Treaty of Mangalore

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Second Anglo-Mysore War

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Second Anglo-Mysore War Alliance

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Haidar forged an anti-English alliance with the Marathas and the Nizam.

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Third Anglo-Mysore War reason

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Tipu declared war against

Travancore for the restoration of his rights

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Haidar Ali died of cancer during

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Second Anglo-Mysore War

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Treaty of Seringapatam

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Third Anglo-Mysore War

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Fourth Anglo-Mysore War governor general

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Lord Wellesley 1798

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He gave his support to the French soldiers at Seringapatam in setting
up a Jacobin Club in 1797

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tipu sultan

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He planted the Tree of Liberty at

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Seringapatam

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took control of Mysore

on grounds of misgovernance.

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In 1831 William Bentinck

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In 1881 restored the kingdom to its ruler.

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Lord Ripon

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the Gaekwad of

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Baroda

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the Bhonsle of

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Nagpur

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the Holkars of

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Indore

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the Sindhias of

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Gwalior,

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the Peshwa of

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Poona

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Treaty of Surat in 1775

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Raghunathrao ceded the territories | of Salsette and Bassein to the English

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(Treaty of Purandhar, 1

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The British Calcutta Council sent Colonel | Upton to Pune to annul Treaty of Surat

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The Marathas also utilised a scorched | earth policy

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First Anglo-Maratha War

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Treaty of | Wadgaon

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forced the Bombay government to relinquish all territories acquired by the English since 1775

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Treaty of Salbai (1782):

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First Anglo-Maratha War Warren Hastings, the Governor-General in Bengal, rejected the Treaty of Wadgaon Sindhia proposed a new treaty between the Peshwa and the English, and the Treaty of Salbai was signed in May 1782;

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Second Anglo Maratha War (1803-1805

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Treaty of Bassein (1802) Bajirao II fled to Bassein | where, on December 31, 1802,

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Defeat of Bhonsle (December 17, 1803,

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Treaty of Devgaon Second Anglo Maratha War (1803-1805

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Defeat of Sindhia (December 30, 1803,

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Treaty of Surajianjangaon Second Anglo Maratha War (1803-1805

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Defeat of Holkar | (1806,

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Treaty of Rajpurghat Second Anglo Maratha War (1803-1805

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gave the English the key to India,”

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Treaty of Bassein (1802)

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Third Anglo-Maratha War reason

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Lord Hastings’ actions taken against the Pindaris were | seen

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Treaty of Poona, with

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Peshwa Third Anglo-Maratha War reason

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Treaty of Gwalior, with

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Sindhia. Third Anglo-Maratha War reason

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Treaty of Mandasor, with

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Holkar Third Anglo-Maratha War reason

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made the | English close their factory. at sindh

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Sarfraz Khan,

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Talpuras, under the leadership of , established complete hold over Sindh and sent the Kallora prince into exile

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Mir Fath (Fatah) Ali Khan

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divided the kingdom among | themselves, calling themselves the Amirs or Lords of Sindh

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``` Char Yar (Mir’s brothers, popularly known as ‘Char Yar’). ```

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Lord Minto sent= three delegations

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Metcalfe was sent to Lahore, Elphinstone to Kabul and Malcolm to Teheran. Sindh was visited by Nicholas Smith

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Treaty of ‘Eternal Friendship 1832

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Amirs of Sindh and english | William Bentinck sent Colonel Pottinger to Sindh

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looked at Sindh from the perspective of saving India from a possible Russian invasion and wished to obtain a counteracting influence over the Afghans

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Lord Auckland

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Tripartite Treaty of 1838

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Amirs of sindh ranjit singh and british

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First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) reason

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the action of the Sikh army crossing the River sutlej

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under Governor-General , Sindh was merged into the | British Empire

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Ellenborough

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organised the | Sikhs under Dal Khalsa,

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Kapur Singh Faizullapuria

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misls

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military brotherhoods with a democratic | set-u

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The central administration of a misl was based on

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Gurumatta Sangh

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followed a ruthless policy of ‘blood and iron

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Ranjit Singh

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Treaty of Amritsar 1809

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by accepting the river Sutlej as the | boundary line ranjit singh and english

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Treaty of Lahore (March 8, 1846) The

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First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)

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Treaty of Bhairowal 1846

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The Sikhs were not satisfied with the Treaty of Lahore over the issue of Kashmir a council of regency for Punjab was set up. First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)

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Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) reason

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a mass uprising in Multan

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Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) governor general

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Lord Dalhousie

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Battle of Ramnagar Battle of Chillhanwala Battle of Gujarat

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Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49)

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The first Indian state to fall into Subsidiary Alliance

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Awadh 1765

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the last Maratha confederation to accept the | Subsidiary Alliance in 1818.

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Holkars

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Lapsed States under Lord Dalhousie (1848-56

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``` Satara (1848) Sambhalpur (1849) Bhagat (1850) Udaipur (1850 Nagpur (1854) Jhanshi (1855) Awadh (1856; on charge of mal-administration ```

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Anglo-Nepalese Relations

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The conflict started due to the Gorkhas’ capture of Butwal and Sheoraj in the period of Lord Hastings (1813-23).

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Treaty of Sagauli

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Anglo-Nepalese Relations

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Treaty of Yandabo

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First Burma War

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First Burma War reason

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when the Burmese | expansion westwards and occupation of Arakan and Manipur

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Second Burma War (1852) reason

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result of the British commercial need | and the imperialist policy of Lord Dalhousie

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Third Burma War (1885 reason

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humiliating fine had been imposed on a British timber company by Thibaw. Dufferin ordered the invasion and final annexation of upper Burma in 1885

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Treaty of Lhasa (1904) youghusband

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Anglo tibet

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Treaty of Turkomanchai (1828),

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the English got alarmed about possible Russian plans regarding India

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Forward Policy of Auckland

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Anglo Afghanistan

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Tripartite Treaty (1838) was entered into by

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the British, Sikhs and Shah Shuja

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Policy of | Masterly Inactivity

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John Lawrence

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Policy of Proud Reserve

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Lytton | which was aimed at having scientific frontiers and safeguarding ‘spheres of influence’.

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Second Anglo-Afghan War reason

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Sher Ali refused to keep a British envoy in Kabul while having earlier granted a similar concession to the Russians.

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Treaty of Gandamak 1879

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Second Anglo-Afghan War reason

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Durand Line

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between | Afghan and British territories

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followed a policy of withdrawal and concentration

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Curzon, the viceroy between 1899 and 1905