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ADVENT OF EUROPEANS C SS R A RM PA Treaty of Tordesillas Separation of Portugal (East) and Spain (West) Portuguese 1498: Vasco da Gama (Portuguese explorer) came to Calicut for the first time in...

ADVENT OF EUROPEANS C SS R A RM PA Treaty of Tordesillas Separation of Portugal (East) and Spain (West) Portuguese 1498: Vasco da Gama (Portuguese explorer) came to Calicut for the first time in C India Welcomed by Zamorin (then ruler of Calicut) He was the first to discovered sea route to India SS 1st Portuguese Viceroy of India 1505: Francisco de Almeida · (governor of Vasco da Gama) Brought: Blue Water Policy (CartazeD system) Type of trade license R 1509: Alfonso de Albuquerque Nuno da Cunha (Portuguese Governor) Captured Goa (1510) and abolished Sati A Salsette In 1739 Marathas captured two Portuguese territories Bassein RM Dutch People from Netherlands 1st factory: Masulipatnam (1605) PA Now in Andhra Pradesh English/Britishers 1599: East India Company Built 1600: received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I to trade in India 1608: William Hawkins appeased Jahangir 1611: 1st factory at Masulipatnam (temporary one) 1613: 1st factory at Surat (permanent) 1615: Thomas Roe visited Jahangir’s court to receive the trading rights French C 1668: 1st factory at Surat SS Expansion of Britishers M Eliminated Dutch by: Battle of Chinsurah/Biderra/Hoogly Bedera Hooghly in 1759 On the banks Defeated Dutch R Battle of Swalley/Suvali in Surat of· u Hoogly Hooghly Defeated Portuguese in 1612 A Carnatic Wars RM Between Britishers vs French Total: 3 Carnatic wars 1744-1763 1st Carnatic War: 1744: started 1748: ended With Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle PA 2nd Carnatic War: started with Battle of Ambur 1749: started 1754: ended With Treaty of Pondicherry 3rd Carnatic War (known as Battle of Wandiwash 1760): 1756: started Britishers won 1763: ended With Treaty of Paris British forces led by: Eyre Coote Was an extension of 7 yrs wars French forces led by: Comte de Lally In Bengal 1st Nawab of Bengal: Murshid Quli Khan e Farukh Siyar gave Britishers Farrukhsiyar Without Tax privilege Issued Golden Farman C Murshid Quli Khan SS Ali Wardi Khan Siraj-Ud-Daulah Nawab at the age of 23 yrs suffocated them to death R Black Hole Tragedy of Calcutta: captured and imprisoned several Britishers in a tiny cell and Where Palash trees grow the most A Battle of Plassey: 1757 in Plassey in Bengal Siraj-Ud-Daulah was killed Mir Jafar sat on throne Made alliance with them RM British forces led by Replaced by Mir Quasim Robert Clive and Shah Alam II Shuja-ud-daulah Led to Battle of Buxar PA Governor: Robert Clive Battle of Buxar: 1764 in Bihar Britishers won Made Shah Alam II and Shuja-ud-Daulah sign Allahabad Treaty in 1765 Mir Jafar made the Nawab again Controlled by Enforced Dual Government Given to British forces led by Shah Alam II Britishers Hector Munro Diwani and Nizamat functions separated Allahabad Treaty ran for 7 yrs Ended by Warren Hastings in 1772 Inclined towards French In Mysore Dynasty: Wodeyar Dynasty Hyder Ali sat on throne Alliance with Marathas + Nizam of Hyderabad C 1st Anglo Mysore War: 1767-69 Treaty of Madras Mysore Kingdom won SS 2nd Anglo Mysore War: 1780-84 Hyder Ali died due to cancer Son: Tipu Sultan sat on throne Treaty of Mangalore signed 3rd Anglo Mysore War: 1790-92 R Defeat of Tipu Sultan (capital: Seringapatam) T Heavy fine imposed on him A and his two sons were captured as hostages RM Subsidiary Alliance signed 1st Brought by: Dupleix (French Governor General) In 1798 But 1st used by Wellesley Adopted by: Hyderabad (1st state): 1798 PA Signed Mysore: 1799 after Tanjore: 1799 Awadh: 1801 Peshawar: 1802 j 4th Anglo Mysore War: 1798-99 Death of Tipu Sultan Puppet ruler: signed the Subsidiary Alliance Marathas 1st war: 1775-82 2nd war: 1803-06⑪5 3rd: 1817-18 12 Misl In Punjab C Maharaja Ranjit Sigh from Sukarchariya Misl + Britishers Death: 1839 SS Between: Britishers + Maharaja Duleep Singh Treaty of Amritsar, 1809 Capital 1st Anglo Sikh War: 1845 Treaty of Lahore 2nd Anglo Sikh War: 1848 Governor General R Duleep Singh captured and A of India: Dalhousie Kohinoor diamond stolen away Meaning: Light of Mountains RM Afghans 1st: 1839-42 2nd: 1879-80 Treaty of Gandamak signed PA 3rd: 1919 John Lawrence (Governor General) Policy of Masterly Inactivity Sindh Was acquired in 1843 One Liners (MCQs) Chandannagar was established as a French colony in 1673, obtains permission from Ibrahim Khan (then Nawab of Bengal) to establish a trading port on right bank of Hoogly 1st English language newspaper of India: Hickey’s Bengal Gazette C In Battle of Aliwal No involvement of Mughal Army Treaty of Yandabo (1826) Assam was annexed by British East India Company SS Battle of Swally (1612) Between Britishers and Portuguese Capital of Bengal in 1704: Murshidabad 1st Cotton mill: 1818 R 1st Jute Mill estd. in India in 1855 in: Acland Mill Fort Gloster near Kolkata Rishra, West Bengal A Later as: Bombay Spinning and Weaving in 1854 (large scale production) RM PA