The Fate of Oudh Loss of independence was the price which the kingdom of Oudb paid for her long-continued internal bankruptcy, in the time of Wellesley. The Governor-General was convinced th... Read more
Hyderabad We have seen that after his defeat at Kharda, the Nizam in titter disgust turned to the French for support and freely admitted Frenchmen into his court and army. When Lord Wellesle... Read more
The settlement of Mysore, as effected by Lord Wellesley, secured for the Company substantial territorial, economic, commercial and military advantages. It extended the Company’s domini... Read more
Causes of the Downfall of the Marathas Thus was foiled the last attempt of the Marathas to build up their political supremacy in India on the ruins of the Mughul Empire. The fabriel of the M... Read more
Exposed to the inroads of the Pindaris and the Pathans, the territory of Raghuji Bhonsle was in the midst of disorder. So none of the three Maratha chiefs were in a position to oppose the En... Read more
As a result of the Second Anglo-Maraths War, the English secured important advantages in various ways. “With all the sanguine temper of my mind,” confessed Wellesley, “I de... Read more
The Peshwa had for long declined to accept the Subsidiary Alliance but now in his helpless situation applied for protection to Wellesley. This was what Wellesley wanted, because it fitted in... Read more
Anglo-Maratha Relations and Fall of the Marathas The Marathas after Kharda and the Second Anglo-Maratha War THE victory of the Maratha at Kharda enhanced their prestige and the influence of... Read more
he Case of the Begams of Oudh After the death of Shuja,-ud-daulah, a shrewd, industrious and clever administrator, on the 26th January, 1775, his son and successor, Asaf-ud-daulah, unwisely... Read more
But this policy of Hastings drew the Company into a war with the Ruhelas. The fertile country of Ruhelkhand, lying at the base of the Himalayas to the north-west of Oudh, with a population o... Read more
