Question

expansion of British rule was easier on South India during the rule of Lord Wellesley. why?

Answer 1

Because he defeated and heavily damaged the strongest Indian powers - the Maratha Empire and Tipu Sultan's Mysore kingdom in the Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Mysore wars.

Thanks to this, by the time he fought Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo, there was no one capable of defeating the British in India.

Answer 2

When the battle of seringapatam won by the company Tipu Sultan was killed defeating his capital Mysore and due to this was put an end to the Muslim rule in Mysore and the British become the strongest power in South India.