prepare a timeline for the chapter from trade to Territory
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What about the southern part of India, especially Mysore?
tipu sultanTipu Sultan the “Tiger of Mysore”
The company started facing threat both politically and economically from Mysore.
Mysore had grown into a strong state under King Haider Ali (1761-82). Tipu sultan (1782-99), son of king Haider Ali was a very strong ruler in southern Indian state of Mysore. He was known as “tiger of Mysore” as there was an interesting story in this regard. It goes on like this that once Tipu fought with a tiger, unarmed and killed the tiger. Due to which he got this title.
In 1785, Tipu controlled the trade of Malabar coast and stopped the export of pepper, sandalwood and cardamom form his ports. He also stopped local merchants to deal with Britishers. To modernize his army, he employed French to his army.
Britishers became furious and tried to suppress the power of Mysore. For this, four wars were fought between Britishers and Mysore (1767-69, 1780-84, 1789-92 and 1799) all are known as Anglo Mysore war. Tipu was killed in the war of 1799 at Srirangapatnam. Now Wodeyars became king of Mysore with the condition of subsidiary alliance. After the problem of Mysore was sorted off a new problem arose- the Marathas. So now you can see that there were several issues for East India company in different parts of India which were affecting its trade.
War with Marathas
war between british and marathas
In the late eighteenth century, the company started facing problems from the Marathas who were aiming to rule over India through Delhi which was taken as the seat of power in India. Marathas were divided into many states under different chiefs belonging to dynasties such a Scindias, Holkars and Gaikward. They were held in an alliance under the Peshwa or the Principal minister. Mahadaji Scindia and Nana Phadnis were two famous soldiers and statesmen of that period. Here the company had to indulge in a war with Marathas to curb down their increasing power. So, there were a number of wars fought between the both. For instance, the second Anglo Maratha war (1803-05) resulted into the British gaining control over Orissa, north of Yamuna including Agra and Delhi. The third Anglo – Maratha war totally crushed the Maratha power and Britishers got complete control over territories, south of the Vindhyas. So we can say that the company had pursued aggressively in territorial expansion and now they wanted something more and that was “supremacy” on whole India.
British the Paramount power
ranjit singhEast India company, under the leadership of Lord Hastings, (Governor General 1813-1823) initiated a policy of paramountcy (supreme power). Here please make it clear that lord Hastings and Warren Hastings were two different persons so don’t get confused. So, in order to become a paramount power they started annexation of different territories of India. During this process of annexation they also faced some resistance at some places like Rani Chinnamma, the Queen of Kitoor (Karnataka) led an anti British resistance movement though she was finally arrested in 1824. In late 1830s, the company became worried about Russia who it thought could give a tough competition to the company. For this, it tried to secure the North-West frontier of India by fighting a prolonged war with Afghanistan between 1838-1842 and established an indirect rule there. It also took over Sind in 1843, even Punjab which Britishers were not able to annex during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit singh was finally won over by Britishers in 1849. Now we know that most of the India was under control of Britishers because of their vigorous policy of annexation. They also used political methods of annexation so next in line was the policy of ‘Doctrine of lapse’.
Doctrine of Lapse
lord dalhousieDo we have any idea about this concept? Let me tell you, this type of annexation took place under the governorship of Lord Dalhousie (1842-56). Under this doctrine, any Indian king who doesn’t had a natural male heir had to give away his territory to the Britishers. With this policy the company took control over Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852) and Jhansi (1854). Jhansi as you all know is famous for its brave Queen Rani Lakshmibai. She was the widow of Raja Gangadhar Rao.