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Modern History Flashcards

1
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First Anglo- Maratha War

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1775-82
Raghoba for Peshwaship
English(Hastings) Vs Marathas
British Defeated- Signed Convention of Wadgaon(1779)

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Second Anglo Maratha War

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(1803-06)
Maratha Defeated
Peshwa signed Subsidiary Alliance Treaty of Bassein

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Third Anglo Maratha War

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Lord Hastings

Maratha decisively defeated

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4
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First Europeans Company

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Portuguese East India Company
1498
Cochin and Goa

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5
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2nd East India Company

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English East India Company 1600

Surat, Bombay

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6
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The East India Companies- Europeans

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Portuguese- 1498
English-1600
Duth-1602
Danish-1616
French-1664
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7
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First european

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Vasco Da Gama 1498
Calicut
During Time of Zamorin

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8
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Who Introduced the policy of Imperialism in India

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Alphonso d’ Albuquerque
Second Governor of Portuguese
Captured Goa from Ruler of Bijapur

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9
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John Mildenhall

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First English Merchant to arrive in India

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———–arrived at Jahangir’s court for permission to build a factory at Surat

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Captain William Hawkins (1609)

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Founder of Kolkata

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Job Charnock

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12
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When did British Parliament give equal rights to all english traders

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1694

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13
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Carnatic Wars

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Anglo French Wars

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14
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What Happened in Treaty of Paris

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1763
ended Third and Final Anglo French War
pondicherry was given to French

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15
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French Defeated by Anglo at

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Wandiwash (1760)

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16
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Between whom was Battle of Plassey Fought

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Siraj-ud-Daula and British- Robert Clive

17
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Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula

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Mir Jafar

18
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Battle of Buxar

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1794
Mir Qasim, Shujauddaula, Shah Alam II vs Munro(British)
Indians Defeated

19
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Who ended dual system of govt in Bengal

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Warren Hastings

20
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Haider Ali

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First Anglo-Mysore War (1766-69)
Defeated British- Treaty of Madras(1769)
Second Anglo-Mysore War(1780-84)
Defeated and he died

21
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Tipu Sultan

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Son of Haider Ali

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