European arrival and Company expansion
Anglo-Mysore and Anglo-Maratha wars
Concepts to cover
- Four Anglo-Mysore wars 1767 to 1799: Madras 1769, Mangalore 1784, Srirangapatna 1792 and Tipu's fall 1799
- Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan as modernising rulers: army, French links, Jacobin club, Wodeyar restoration
- Three Anglo-Maratha wars: Salbai 1782, Bassein 1802 and Assaye, Third war 1817-18 ending the Peshwa
- Confederacy houses after Panipat: Scindias of Gwalior, Holkars of Indore, Gaekwads of Baroda, Bhonsles of Nagpur; Madhav Rao's revival; Nana Phadnavis
- Why the Marathas lost: confederate rivalry, weak finance, Holkar-Sindhia divisions
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
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 15
Our Pasts II, Textbook in History for Class VII (prelims and contents)
- ch. 8