Modern Indian History

This Act began the control and organization of Company rule. Exam tip is to link it with Warren Hastings.

The Board of Control increased government control over the Company's political affairs. Exam tip is to link it with dual control.

Permanent Settlement benefited zamindars but did not secure peasants. Exam tip is to link it with rural exploitation.

In Ryotwari the ryot or peasant paid revenue directly to the government. Exam tip is to link it with Thomas Munro.

In Subsidiary Alliance the Resident and Company troops increased control over the state. Exam tip is to link it with Wellesley.

Awadh was annexed in 1856 on the charge of misgovernance. Exam tip is to link Jhansi and Satara with Doctrine of Lapse.

Tipu Sultan sought foreign support against British expansion. Exam tip is to link the Mysore Wars with British expansion.

The 1792 treaty followed the Third Mysore War. Exam tip is to link it with Tipu Sultan's defeat.

The Treaty of Salbai was signed in 1782 between the Marathas and the British. Exam tip is to link it with the end of the First Anglo-Maratha War.

The Treaty of Bassein increased British interference in Maratha politics. Exam tip is to treat it as the background of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

The Treaty of Amritsar fixed the boundary between the Sikh state and British influence. Exam tip is to link it with Ranjit Singh's diplomacy.

The Treaty of Lahore weakened Sikh power and increased British control. Exam tip is to link it with 1846.

Railways linked markets ports and raw material areas. Exam tip is to see railways as both economic and administrative tools.

Telegraph made administrative control and military response faster. Exam tip is to link it with British control after 1857.

The annexation of Awadh became a major cause of discontent in 1857. Exam tip is to link Awadh with political and social causes.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was made a symbol by rebels. Exam tip is to remember the end of Mughal authority after 1857.

After 1857 the British reorganized the army in a more controlled way. Exam tip is to see army policy as a reaction to the revolt.

This representation was very limited and controlled. Exam tip is to link it with post-1857 conciliatory policy.

Ripon made reforms toward local self-government. Exam tip is to remember the local self-government resolution of 1882.

Both events show the limits of colonial rule. Exam tip is to link them with the growth of political consciousness.