Question

Name the states annexed by the British after the Battle of buxar through direct military action or indirectly. Discuss the different methods employed by the British to expand its territories.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Battle of Buxar led to the giving of diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the British.

British mainly used Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliance to expand its territories.

Explanation:

• On October 22, 1764, in Buxar, present-day Bihar, the British East India Company engaged in combat with the united armies of the Nawabs of Bengal, Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Shah Alam II of the Mughal Empire.
• Mir Qasim's displeasure with the British East India Company's ongoing development in Bengal and other regions, as well as its abuse of Farmans and Dastaks, the Nawab's legal instruments, led to the Battle of Buxar.
• The British East India Company, under the command of Major Hector Munro, achieved a resounding victory in the conflict, which took place on the banks of the Ganges.
• In the treaty of Allahabad, the rulers promised the giving of diwani rights to British.
• British used Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliance to expand its territories.
• They also expanded their territories by war and conquest.
• Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie meanwhile Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley.

In this way, the British took over the control of India from the princely rulers.

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