GROWTH OF THE BRITISH POWER, 1765-1798

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Anglo-Maratha Relations The First Anglo-Maratha War AFTER recovering from the blow of Panipat, the Marathas appeared once more in full force in the no... Read more

RISE OF THE BRITISH POWER, 1740-1765

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It is, of course, quite true that the battle of Plassey gave the English a firm footing on the soil of Bengal, which they utilized to the full in thei... Read more

RISE OF THE BRITISH POWER, 1740-1765

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Mir Jafar reached Murshidadbad on the 25th and Clive followed him a few days later. Mir Jafar was proclaimed Subahdar of Bengal. In a few days news ar... Read more

ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS

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For about eighteen years after Farrukhsiyar’s firman, the trade of the English Company on the western coast suffered from the quarrels between t... Read more

ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS

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In Bengal, where the staples of commerce could not be purchased near the coast but had to be procured from places lying far up the waterways of the pr... Read more

ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS

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The early voyages of the English Company were directed to Sumatra, Java and the Moluccas in order to get a share of the spice trade. It was in 1608 th... Read more

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE

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No merchant was allowed to “carry any quantity of silver” out of the country. The important feature of the trade of India from the reign o... Read more

MUGHUL ADMINISTRATION

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The Revenue System The revenues of the Mughul Empire may be grouped under two heads-central or imperial and local or provincial. The local revenue, wh... Read more

DISINTEGRATION OF THE MUGHUL EMPIRE

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But instead of submitting to these orders, he prepared to defend his position by arms. He defeated and slew Dilwar Ali Khan and Alim Ali Khan ; and Hu... Read more

AKBAR THE GREAT

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As we have already noted, the battle of Khanua (1527) did not result in the total eclipse of Rajput influence in the north. Rajputana still formed a p... Read more