Judicial Organisation Under Br

Judicial Organisation Under British

Through a hierarchy of civil and criminal courts, the British laid the groundwork for a new system o...

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The Army And The Police Under

The Army And The Police Under British

The East India Company's administration of India had been brought under the control of the British g...

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The Indian Civil Services Unde

The Indian Civil Services Under British

Lord Cornwallis was the one who established the Civil Service. We know that the East India Company o...

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Ryotwari And Mahalwari Settlem

Ryotwari And Mahalwari Settlement System

The Company required Indian revenues to pay for the purchase of Indian handicrafts and other export ...

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The Permanent Settlement Syste

The Permanent Settlement System

The East India Company acquired the Diwani, or control over the revenues, of Bengal, Bihar, and Oris...

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The Drain of Wealth

The Drain of Wealth

Drain theory was at the heart of nationalist critiques of colonialism, and the acknowledged high pri...

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British Economic Policies In I

British Economic Policies In India (1757-1857)

COMMERCIAL POLICY:   From 1600 to 1757, the East India Company served as a trading company in...

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Structure of British Governmen

Structure of British Government In India

The East India Company had to devise suitable methods of government to control and administer India'...

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British Tools of Expansion: Wa

British Tools of Expansion: War And Diplomacy

Only the British and French East India companies remained dominant by the beginning of the 18th cent...

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Lord Dalhousie

Lord Dalhousie

In 1848, Lord Dalhousie was appointed Governor-General of India. He was determined from the start to...

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British Expansion Under Lord W

British Expansion Under Lord Wellesley In India

The next major expansion of British rule in India took place under the Governor General ship of Lord...

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Wars Under Warren Hastings (17

Wars Under Warren Hastings (1772-85) And Cornwallis (1786-93)

By 1772, the East India Company had established itself as a major Indian power, and its directors in...

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