History

Cornwallis arrived at scene at a time when Marathas were becoming  weak. Haider Ali died in 1782 after Second Anglo Mysore war due to cancer. He led Third Anglo  Mysore War in which Mysore faced defeat in 1792. The war broke out in late 1789 when Tipu  Sultan, the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, … Read more DMPQ- Explain how lord Cornwallis played important in strengthening the company’s rule.

India inherited enormous challenges like poverty, deprivation, inequality, illiteracy, underdevelopment, communalism and so on at the time of independence however, the optimist was also no lesser. Jawahar Lal Nehru’s famous speech ‘Tryst with Destiny’ on the eve of Independence reflected it. One big advantage India had was a consensus on the goals which was a … Read more DMPQ- Discuss the challenges India faced in it’s early years after independence and also mention the strategies opted to face them.

. Expansion under Wellesley was perhaps one of  the largest British expansions. He took over India at a time when France was engaged in a bitter  war with Britain all over the world. He used many tactics for expansion from outright war to  usurping the throne of erstwhile subsidiaries. Subsidiary Alliance was one such tool … Read more DMPQ- Discuss how Lord Wellesley’s Subsdiary Alliance policy helped the cause of expansion of British empire.

. By the thirteenth century Indian indigo was being used by cloth manufacturers in Italy, France and  Britain to dye cloth. By the end of the eighteenth century, the demand for Indian indigo grew further.  Britain began to industrialise, and its cotton production expanded dramatically, creating an enormous  new demand for cloth dyes. While the … Read more DMPQ- Explain how Indigo cultivation became source of Indian farmer’s exploitation and how farmers resisted against it.

. In Kashmir, Hari Singh was a Hindu ruler with 75% of Muslim population and he was also averse to idea of joining either India or Pakistan out of his apprehensions regarding both democracy and communalism. Popular political forces led by Sheikh Abdullah wanted to join India on the other hand. India, however, remained non-committal … Read more DMPQ- . Explain the challenges of Kashmir integration and also mention how did India respond to it.

Unlike Wellesley, Dalhousie wanted to extend  direct rule of British over India. Satara (which was created as a state for Marathas after Second  Anglo Maratha War), Jhansi, Nagpur were annexed through Doctrine of Lapse. Dalhousie also  wanted to bring Awadh under British rule, but British had friendly terms with Awadh since it  helped them in … Read more DMPQ- Discuss how lord Dalhousie’s Policy of Lapse policy helped the cause of expansion of British empire.