Class 8, PT on The Expansion of the British rule in India

1. Faculty of S.Sc.

2. POINTS
 Aurangzeb was the last powerful Mughal
ruler. ( died in 1707 )
 Bahadur Shah Zafar was forced to leave
the kingdom in 1857.
 In 1600 East India Company acquired a
charter from the ruler of England.
 Mercantile companies in those days
primarily to make more profit.

3.  MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB

4.  BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR

5.  ENGLAND RULER-QUEEN ELIZABETH 1

6. POINTS
 The sea route to India was discovered by
Vasco Da Gama in 1498.
 Afterwards French came to trade in India.
 Fine quality silk and cotton was produced
in India.
 In 17th to 18th century the traders sank
each other's ship.
 Effort to fortify settlements and carry
profitable trade led to conflict amongst
local rulers

7.  Vasco Da Gama

8.  THE SEA ROUTE

9. POINTS
 The 1st factory of East India Company
was set up on the banks of river Hughli in
1651.
 By 1696 it began building forts around the
settlements.
 Kolkata was first Kalikata ,then Calcutta
and afterwards became Kolkata.
 Farman is a royal edict, royal order.
 At that time Murshid Quli Khan was the
Nawab of Bengal

10.  LOCAL BOATS CARRYING GOODS
FROM MADRAS

11.  MURSHID QULI KHAN

12. POINTS
 After Aurangzeb's death the Bengal
Nawabs asserted their power and
autonomy
 Murshid Quli Khan was followed by
Alivardi Khan and then by Sirajuddaulah
as the Nawab of Bengal.
 The conflicts led to confrontations and
finally culminated in the famous battle of
Plassey.

13.  ALIVARDI KHAN

14.  SIRAJUDDAULAH KHAN

15. POINTS
 Alivardi khan died in 1756 , Sirajddaulah
became the Nawab of Bengal.
 Sirajddaulah marched 30,000 soldiers to
the English factory at Kassimbazar
,captured the company officials, locked the
warehouse, disarmed all Englishmen and
blockaded English ships.
 Finally in 1757 Robert Clive led the
company's army against Sirajddaulah at
Plassey.

16.  ROBERT CLIVE

17. POINTS
 Robert Clive promised Mir Jafar that if he
wins the battle against Sirajddaulah he will
make him the Nawab of Bengal.
 Sirajddaulah was assassinated and Mir
Jafar was made the Nawab.
 Mir Jafar was deposed because he was
protesting for dignity and sovereignty and
hence was replaced by Mir Qasim.
 Mir Qasim lost the war at Buxar in 1764
and Mir Jafar was reinstalled.

18.  MIR JAFAR

19.  MIR QASIM

20. POINTS
 In 17th-18th century Nawabs had to pay
5,00,000 rupees.
 Mir Jafar died in 1765. And Clive declared
-"We must indeed become Nawabs
ourselves"
 Clive collected 401,102 pounds of Indian
fortune.
 Robert Clive committed suicide in 1774.
 "Nabobs is an English word for Nawab.

21.  TIPU SULTAN

22.  TIPU'S TOY TIGER

23. POINTS
 Regional ruler had to pay a little part of his
territory as a penalty to the company on
his failure to pay in cash.
 Haider Ali was the ruler of Mysore from
1761 to 1782.
 Tipu Sultan stopped the export of
sandalwood, pepper and cardamom.
 Haider and Tipu together were ambitious ,
arrogant and dangerous.

24.  RICHARD WELLESLEY

25.  HAIDER ALI

26.  CORNWALLIAS RECEIVING THE SONS
OF TIPU SULTAN AS HOSTAGES.

27.  CORNWALLIS

28. POINTS
 From the late 18th century British also
wanted to destroy Maratha power.
 Mahadji Sindhia and Nana Phandis were
two famous Maratha soldiers who fought
the battle in Panipat.
 Finally in 1817-19 Britishers crushed the
Marathas.
 A new policy "Paramountcy" was initiated
by Lord Hastings.

29.  MAHADJI SINDHIA

30.  NANA PHANDIS

31.  LORD HASTINGS

32. POINTS
 In late 18th century East India Company
began worrying about Russia.
 Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in 1839.
 Lord Dalhousie was the Governor-General
from 1848 to 1856.
 In 1856 the company took over Awadh.
 Warren Hastings was one of the many
Important figures who played a significant
role in company power expansion.

33.  MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH

34.  LORD DALHOUSIE

35.  WARREN HASTINGS

36. POINTS
 From 1772 a new system of justice was
established.
 Qazi is a word for court judge.
 In 1775 eleven pandits were asked to
compile a digest of Hindu laws.
 Sawars are trained soldiers on horseback.
 The cavalry requirements of the
company's army declined.

37.  THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS

38. POINTS
 In the early 19th century the British began
to develop a uniform military culture.
 British empire was fighting in Burma,
Afghanistan and Egypt where soldiers
were armed with muskets and matchlocks.
 The Revolt of 1857 gives us a glimpse in
to the world of sepoys.