War | Year | Treaty | Gov General | Battles et al |
Anglo Marathas | ||||
First | 1775-82 | Began: Treaty of Surat
End: Treaty of Salbai |
Warren Hastings | Battle of Wadgaon |
Second | 1803-05 | Began: treaty of Bassein | Lord Wellesley | Battle of Assaye |
Third | 1816-19 | Treaty of Gwalior | Marquess of Hastings | Battle of Pindari
End of Peshwa rule |
Anglo French | ||||
First | 1746-48 | Treaty of Aix-la-Chepelle | Reason: Austrian succession in Europe | 1746: Battle of Adyar/San Thome |
Second | 1749-54 | War of succession between Nasir Jung (English) and Muzaffar Jung (French) after death of Nizam | 1749: Battle of Ambur
Rise of Robert Clive |
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Third | 1758-63 | Treaty of Paris | Reason: 7 years war in Europe | 1760: Battle of Wandiwash (French defeat) |
Anglo Mysore | ||||
First | 1766-69 | |||
Second | 1780-1784 | Treaty of Mangalore | Warren Hastings | After death of Hyder Ali in 1782 Tipu led the war |
Third | 1789-92 | Treaty of Seringapatnam | Cornwallis | Defeat of Tipu |
Fourth | 1799 | Wellesley | Battle of Seringapatnam. Death of Tipu. | |
Anglo Sikh War | ||||
First | 1845-46 | Treaty of Lahore | Hardinge | |
Second | 1848-49 | Dalhousie | Final Subjugation of the Sikhs |
Modern History
Lord Auckland, 1836-42
Lord Auckland, 1836-42 INTRODUCTION Lord Auckland was the Governor-General of India and had decided that Dost Mohammed could no longer be trusted after his invitation of Yan Vitkevich to Kabul in 1837. He sided with the pro-British Ranjit Singh in the border dispute over Peshawar. It was Lord Auckland’s issuing of the Simla Manifesto … Read more
CR Formula
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Depressed Class Missions, Non Brahmanical Movements And Justice Party
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Civil Disobedience Movement and Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931
Started by Gandhi on 12th March 1930 with the Dandi March. Reached Dandi on April 6. Defiance of forest laws in Maharashtra, Central Province and Karnataka. Refusal to pay chaukidari tax in Eastern India. Wide participation of women Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan organized Khudai Khidmatgars (aka Red Shirts) Nagaland: Rani Gaidilieu First RTC, 1930 Congress … Read more
Simon Commission (1927)
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Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings
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Growth of Communalism
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Peasant Movements-
Three important peasant movements of the early twentieth century: Kisan Sabha and Eka movements in Avadh in UP Mappila rebellion in Malabar Bardoli Satyagrah in Gujarat The UP Kisan Sabha was set up in February 1918 through the efforts of Gauri Shankar Mishra and Indra Narain Dwivedi with the support of Madan Mohan Malviya. By … Read more
consolidation and reorganization within the country
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. Its a new topic added to the syllabus but the question regarding the state reorganization have been asked in the past… few institutes are suggesting india after gandhi by ghua or India since independence by bipin chandra… i dont feel that we shud read such large books for … Read more