Question

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

Answer 1

Expansion of British Rule under Lord Wellesley : The next large-scale expansion of British rule in Indiaoccurred during the Governor-Generalship ofLord Wellesley who came to India in 1798 at a time when the British were locked in a life-and- death struggle with France all over the world.