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BRITISH CONQUEST OF INDIA

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British Expansion in India — The Big Picture

  • British expansion from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century followed two broad methods:

    • Military conquest: Bengal, Mysore, Marathas, Sindh and Punjab.
    • Diplomatic and administrative subordination: Ring-Fence Policy, Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse.

  • The expansion transformed the English East India Company from a commercial organisation into the dominant political power in India.

  • The broad progression was:

    • Bengal → financial base
    • Mysore → South Indian challenge neutralised
    • Marathas → major Indian political confederacy defeated
    • Sindh and Punjab → north-western frontier consolidated
    • Awadh and princely states → political control extended through annexation and subordinate alliances
    • Neighbouring regions → strategic frontier expanded beyond the core Indian territories

Inside this chapter

What BRITISH CONQUEST OF INDIA covers

  1. British Expansion in India — The Big Picture
  2. Factors Responsible for British Success in India
  3. British Conquest of Bengal
  4. Battle of Plassey — 1757
  5. Mir Jafar and Mir Qasim
  6. Battle of Buxar — 22 October 1764
  7. Settlements After Buxar — 1765
  8. Dual Government in Bengal — 1765–1772
  9. Bengal — Political Transformation, 1757–1765
  10. British Conquest of Mysore
  11. First Anglo-Mysore War — 1767–1769
  12. Second Anglo-Mysore War — 1780–1784
  13. Third Anglo-Mysore War — 1790–1792
  14. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War — 1799
  15. British Conquest of the Marathas
  16. Second Anglo-Maratha War — 1803–1805
  17. Third Anglo-Maratha War — 1817–1818
  18. Why Mysore and the Marathas Ultimately Lost
  19. British Conquest of Sindh — 1843
  20. British Conquest of Punjab
  21. First Anglo-Sikh War — 1845–1846
  22. Second Anglo-Sikh War — 1848–1849
  23. British Expansion Through Administrative and Diplomatic Policies
  24. Policy of Ring-Fence
  25. Subsidiary Alliance
  26. Doctrine of Lapse
  27. British Conquest of Awadh — 1856
  28. British Conquest of Neighbouring Regions
  29. Anglo-Nepal War — 1814–1816
  30. Anglo-Bhutan War — 1865
  31. Anglo-Afghan Relations
  32. Anglo-Burmese Relations
  33. Anglo-Tibetan Relations
  34. British Expansion — Conquest Versus Diplomacy
  35. Major Wars — Rapid Comparison
  36. Major Treaties — Rapid Recall
  37. Personalities at a Glance
  38. Places and Powers
  39. Chronology — British Expansion
  40. Prelims Traps
  41. Final Rapid Recall
All 19 chapters in Indian History
  1. ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS
  2. RISE OF REGIONAL STATES
  3. BRITISH CONQUEST OF INDIA
  4. POPULAR UPRISINGS BEFORE 1857
  5. 1857 REVOLT
  6. POPULAR UPRISINGS AFTER 1857
  7. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS
  8. BEGINNING OF STRUGGLE-(1805-1905)
  9. NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1905-1919)
  10. NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1919-1929)
  11. NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1929-1947)
  12. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA
  13. LAND REVENUE SYSTEM IN INDIA
  14. DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION SYSTEM AND LANGUAGE IN INDIA
  15. DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS
  16. OTHER ASPECTS OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA
  17. GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA (1773-1950)
  18. IMPORTANT JOURNALS AND BOOKS
  19. IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES

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