BRITISH DOMINATION OF BENGAL, PUNJAB & MYSORE
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• Bengal Conquest
β Treaty of Paris, 1763
β One major cause of French failure in India was their weak nonmilitary strength; the British getting huge wealth and force from Bengal, better internal collaboration among the British army
β 1717, Farrukh Siyar, promoted Murshid Quli Khan to Governor of Bengal( last Governor or Subedar of Bengal who was independently appointed by Mughal King)
β Bengal rulers Murshid Quli Khan> Shujauddin---> Alivardi Khan> Siraj- ud- Daula( 1756)
Battle of Plassey( 1757)
β Party- Mir Jafar Robert Clive Rai Durlabh Omichand Jagat Seth v/ s Siraj- ud- Daulah
β Winner English won; Mir Jafar came the new Nawab
β Lord Robert Clive was the author of the British empire in India and consolidated British supremacy from the Battle of Plassey( defeated Siraj- ud- Daulah)
β 1760Mir Qasim replaced Mir Jafar.
• Battle of Buxar( 1764)
β party- between British East India Company v/ s Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja- ud- Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor@ Delhi.
β Date 22 October, 1764.
β Put Buxar (now in Bihar, but formerly in Bengal). English army led by Hector Munro.
βThe English emerged victorious when Lord Robert Clive signed the Allahabad Treaty in 1765, which gave the British profit rights over Bengal and Nawab of "Oudh," Shujaudaulah, and Shah Alam 2., Bihar and Orissa.
β The Battle of Plassey led to connection of British Supremacy( control over Bengal whereas the most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in all over India was Battle of Buxar.
β Robert Clive was described by William Pitt as a "heaven-born general."
β Following the conclusion of the Second Treaty of Allahabad between Lord Clive and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, on August 12, 1765, Shah Alam II awarded the EIC the Diwani right over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
β Allahabad fort was erected by Akbar between 1583- 84 and in 1797 Saadat Ali Khan handed the authority of the fort to the British.
β Western administration was deposited in Surat during the early period of the East India Company.
βRobert Clive named two Diwans following the Second Treaty of Allahabad with Shah Alam II: Raja Shitab Rai for Bihar and Muhammad Raza Khan for Bengal (Murshidabad).
β After the annuity of Diwani in 1765, the British first came into contact with the Khasi Tribe.
β PUNJAB & SIND DOMINATION
β During the period of Lord Ellenborough( 1842- 1844), the state of Sindh was fully commingled into the British Empire in August, 1843. Data About Ranjeet Singh
βIn 1809, the Amritsar Treaty of Perpetual Fellowship was signed by Ranjit Singh and the British.
