European arrival and Company expansion
Subsidiary alliance, doctrine of lapse and the annexations of 1843 to 1856
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Wellesley's subsidiary alliance: British force at the ally's expense, no other Europeans, no independent foreign relations, a Resident
- Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse and the states it took: Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi, Nagpur
- Awadh annexed on the plea of misgovernment; Summary Settlement 1856 treated taluqdars as outsiders and settled with villages
- Conquest of Sindh 1843 under Ellenborough; two Anglo-Sikh wars and Punjab annexed 1849
- The Resident system, Company control of princely succession and the vocabulary of paramountcy before 1858
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 5 Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India
Our Pasts III, Textbook in History for Class VIII (prelims and contents)
- ch. 2 From Trade to Territory: The Company Establishes Power
Themes in Indian History Part III, Textbook in History for Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 10 Rebels and the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 and Its Representations