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British Expansion in India — Quick Revision
Timeline of British expansion, key battles, policies, complete chapter revision checklist.
📊 Timeline of British Expansion
| Year | Event | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| 1498 | Vasco da Gama at Calicut | Sea route to India discovered |
| 1600 | EIC Charter | British East India Company founded |
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey | Beginning of British political rule |
| 1764 | Battle of Buxar | British supremacy established |
| 1765 | Treaty of Allahabad | Diwani of Bengal granted to EIC |
| 1799 | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War | Tipu Sultan killed; South India secured |
| 1818 | Third Anglo-Maratha War | Peshwaship abolished; British supremacy |
| 1849 | Second Anglo-Sikh War | Punjab annexed; last major annexation |
| 1856 | Awadh annexed | Last major annexation before 1857 Revolt |
✅ Complete Chapter 12 Revision Checklist
✅ Vasco da Gama: 1498; Calicut; discovered sea route to India
✅ Alfonso de Albuquerque: Captured Goa (1510); real founder of Portuguese power
✅ EIC Charter: December 31, 1600; Queen Elizabeth I
✅ Battle of Colachel: 1741; Travancore defeated Dutch; only Asian victory over Europeans
✅ Carnatic Wars: 1746–1763; British vs French; British won; Treaty of Paris (1763)
✅ Battle of Plassey: June 23, 1757; Clive vs Siraj-ud-Daulah; Mir Jafar betrayed
✅ Black Hole of Calcutta: June 20, 1756; Siraj captured Calcutta
✅ Battle of Buxar: October 22, 1764; British vs triple alliance; more decisive than Plassey
✅ Treaty of Allahabad: 1765; Diwani of Bengal granted to EIC
✅ Subsidiary Alliance: Lord Wellesley (1798); Nizam first to sign
✅ Doctrine of Lapse: Lord Dalhousie (1848–1856); Satara, Nagpur, Jhansi annexed
✅ Awadh annexed: 1856; misgovernance (NOT Doctrine of Lapse)
✅ Tipu Sultan: “Tiger of Mysore”; died at Seringapatam (May 4, 1799)
✅ Peshwaship abolished: 1818; Third Anglo-Maratha War
✅ Punjab annexed: 1849; Second Anglo-Sikh War; Koh-i-Noor taken
✅ Permanent Settlement: 1793; Lord Cornwallis; Bengal, Bihar, Orissa; zamindars
✅ Ryotwari system: Thomas Munro; Madras; direct settlement with peasants
✅ Regulating Act: 1773; first step towards parliamentary control over EIC
✅ Pitt’s India Act: 1784; Board of Control established; government control over EIC
✅ Alfonso de Albuquerque: Captured Goa (1510); real founder of Portuguese power
✅ EIC Charter: December 31, 1600; Queen Elizabeth I
✅ Battle of Colachel: 1741; Travancore defeated Dutch; only Asian victory over Europeans
✅ Carnatic Wars: 1746–1763; British vs French; British won; Treaty of Paris (1763)
✅ Battle of Plassey: June 23, 1757; Clive vs Siraj-ud-Daulah; Mir Jafar betrayed
✅ Black Hole of Calcutta: June 20, 1756; Siraj captured Calcutta
✅ Battle of Buxar: October 22, 1764; British vs triple alliance; more decisive than Plassey
✅ Treaty of Allahabad: 1765; Diwani of Bengal granted to EIC
✅ Subsidiary Alliance: Lord Wellesley (1798); Nizam first to sign
✅ Doctrine of Lapse: Lord Dalhousie (1848–1856); Satara, Nagpur, Jhansi annexed
✅ Awadh annexed: 1856; misgovernance (NOT Doctrine of Lapse)
✅ Tipu Sultan: “Tiger of Mysore”; died at Seringapatam (May 4, 1799)
✅ Peshwaship abolished: 1818; Third Anglo-Maratha War
✅ Punjab annexed: 1849; Second Anglo-Sikh War; Koh-i-Noor taken
✅ Permanent Settlement: 1793; Lord Cornwallis; Bengal, Bihar, Orissa; zamindars
✅ Ryotwari system: Thomas Munro; Madras; direct settlement with peasants
✅ Regulating Act: 1773; first step towards parliamentary control over EIC
✅ Pitt’s India Act: 1784; Board of Control established; government control over EIC