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First War of Independence
the culmination of this resentment to british rule was first war of independence
1757 to 1857 was marked by british conquest and rapid expansion of dominion in India
political causes
Outright war
the battle of buxar (1764) estbilished british as masters of bengal, bihar and odisha Anglo mysore war (1767) they conqured mysore state
3 anglo maratha war 1817-18 peshwa entire dominions and all maratha territory north south of narmada river were conqured by british
policy of expansion
the battle of plassey 1757 the east india company's territorial power increased rapidly
Punjab annexed in 1849 . 2nd anglo sikh war from 1823 to 1856. Sindh, Assam, and Pegu in Mynammar
Doctrine of lapse
Lord Dalhousie (governer - general ) introduced this
if an indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would lapse it will come under company's territory in India
ruler of Jhansi died in 1853 his adopted son anand rao was not recognised as a lawful succesor to throne
states annexed were - satara, sambalpur,udaipur and nagpur
on the pretext of alleged misrule
lord dalhousie justified annexation of awadh
they had to pay higher land revenue and additional taxes on food, houses and ferries
dissociation of nawab of awadh army and administration threw thousands of people of nobles,officials and soldiers out of jobs
british confiscated estates taluquadars or zamindars they dispossed taluquadars became opponents of british rule
subsidiary Alliance
it was introduced lord wellesley
It was an agreement between british east india company and princely state by which states lost their soverignity to british
states accepted subsidiary alliance were nizam of hyderabad,ruler of mysore,tanjor.jodhpur,jaipur,bundhi and bharatpur
disrespect shown to bhadur shah zafar
1847 lord dalhousie announced that he would not allowed to use red fort as his palace they were required to shift to qutab minar
1856 lord canning announced that after the death of him would not be allowed to use imperial titles with their names
Treatment given to Nana Saheb
his adopted son baji rao II the last peshwa refused to grant pension
Absentee sovereignty of British
It means that india was being ruled by british govt from England at a distance of 1000 miles and this was resented by Indians.Indians felt that there wealth was being drained to England and not utilised for their welfare