Extension of British Paramountly over Rajputana and Central India The Governor-Generalship of Lord Hastings also witnessed the establishment of British influence over the Rajput States and s... Read more

Suppression of the Pindari and Pathan Hordes While the principal Indian powers were falling one by one before the growing British supremacy, Central India remained steeped in utter confusion... Read more

The Fate of Oudh Loss of independence was the price which the kingdom of Oudb paid for her long-continued internal bankruptcy, in the time of Wellesley. The Governor-General was convinced th... Read more

Hyderabad We have seen that after his defeat at Kharda, the Nizam in titter disgust turned to the French for support and freely admitted Frenchmen into his court and army. When Lord Wellesle... Read more

The settlement of Mysore, as effected by Lord Wellesley, secured for the Company substantial territorial, economic, commercial and military advantages. It extended the Company’s domini... Read more

Causes of the Downfall of the Marathas Thus was foiled the last attempt of the Marathas to build up their political supremacy in India on the ruins of the Mughul Empire. The fabriel of the M... Read more

Exposed to the inroads of the Pindaris and the Pathans, the territory of Raghuji Bhonsle was in the midst of disorder. So none of the three Maratha chiefs were in a position to oppose the En... Read more

As a result of the Second Anglo-Maraths War, the English secured important advantages in various ways. “With all the sanguine temper of my mind,” confessed Wellesley, “I de... Read more

The Peshwa had for long declined to accept the Subsidiary Alliance but now in his helpless situation applied for protection to Wellesley. This was what Wellesley wanted, because it fitted in... Read more