📜 East India Company
This year marks the East India Company gaining Diwani rights.
What is 1765?
This side won the Battle of Plassey.
What is the British East India Company?
An agreement forcing Indian rulers to keep British troops at their expense.
What is the Subsidiary Alliance?
The ruler of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey.
Who is Siraj-ud-Daulah?
A regional ruler or governor under the Mughals was known by this title.
What is a Nawab?
This European country established the East India Company.
What is Britain?
The Battle of Buxar was fought in this year.
What is 1764?
One unfair trade tactic used by the Company.
What is forced trade privileges?
Tipu Sultan’s father.
Who is Hyder Ali?
The major impact of the Battle of Buxar on the Company.
What is getting Diwani rights in Bengal?
This Mughal emperor gave trading rights to the British.
Who is Aurangzeb?
These three parties fought against the British in the Battle of Buxar.
Who are Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah, and Shah Alam II?
(nawabs)
A policy under which a ruler's kingdom was annexed if he had no biological heir.
What is the Doctrine of Lapse?
This Maratha leader opposed British expansion.
Who is Nana Phadnavis?
Despite big armies, Indian rulers lost battles because of this.
What is British strategy, weapons, and betrayal by allies?
One main reason Indian rulers allowed the Company to trade.
What is revenue gain or political support?
These two rulers of Mysore fought four wars against the British.
Who are Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan?
This 1773 Act brought the Company under government control.
What is the Regulating Act?
This Maratha ruler, known for his military strategies and administration, founded the Maratha Empire in the 17th century.
Who is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj?
This company, formed in 1600, was responsible for much of Britain's control over India before being replaced by direct British rule in 1874.
What is the East India Company?
This British official was the first Governor-General of India under the British East India Company, known for his role in the suppression of Indian uprisings.
Who is Lord Warren Hastings?
This person betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah during the Battle of Plassey.
Who is Mir Jafar?
The main aim of British political policies in India.
What is gaining political power and economic profit?
This queen's adopted son was denied the throne by the Doctrine of Lapse.
Who is Rani Lakshmibai’s adopted son?
British control affected Indian farmers in this major way.
What is forcing cash crops and causing poverty?