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29-Indian History-AD-6 (1764-1947)
India has a continuous civilization
since 2500 BC. During the 2nd millennium, Aryan speaking tribes migrated from northwest
into the Indian subcontinent. The following material has been taken from "A New History of
India", by Stanley Wolpert. 2004.
British Staff
(1764-1947 AD) - 211 years
Although many people
came from Britain to India, but here are given some important names withou whom
history is not completed. They had their capital in Bangaal from 1858 (2nd
August) to 1912.Later they moved to Dehlee and stayed there till they left in
1947 (15 August).
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Names |
Period |
Works |
James Andrew Brown-Ramsey
(Apr 22, 1812-Dec 9, 1860) |
Jan 12, 1848-Mar 6, 1856 |
Governor-General, Governor of Bangaal |
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Charles Canning |
Nov 1, 1858-Mar 21, 1862 |
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Lord Richard Colley Wellesley
Jun 20, 1760-Sep 26, 1842 |
1797- |
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Robert Clive
(Sep 29, 1725-Nov 22, 1774) |
1744-1753; 1755-1760;
May 3, 1765-Feb 1767 |
As a "Writer" in East India Company
Deputy Governor of Fort St David, Madraas
Battle of Plaasee with Siraaju-ud-Daulaa of Bangaal in 1757. |
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Warren Hastings |
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Marquess Wellesley |
1798-1805 |
Governor-General of India |
Lord Charles Cornwallis
(Dec 31, 1738-Oct 5, 1805) |
1789-1793
1805 |
Governor-General of India
Governor-General of India |
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The Earl of Mayo |
Jan 12, 1869-Feb 8, 1872 |
Viceroy |
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Lord Curzon |
Jan 6, 1899-Nov 18, 1905 |
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Lord Minto |
Nov 18, 1905-Nov 23, 1910 |
Education Board, Railway Board |
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Lord Hardinge |
Nov 23, 1910-Apr 4, 1916 |
India High Courts Act, Factories Act, Constuction of Delhi |
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Lord Chelmsford |
Apr 4, 1916-Apr 2, 1921 |
Jaliyaan Vaalaa Baag, University of Rangoon (1920) |
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Lord Reading |
Apr 2, 1921-Apr 3 1926 |
University of Delhi (1922), |
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Lord Willington |
Apr 18, 1931-Apr 18, 1936 |
New Dehlee as Capital of India (1931),
Creation of Reserve Bank of India |
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Lord Linlithgow |
Apr 18, 1936-Oct 1, 1943 |
Burmaa independent (1937) |
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Lord Mountbatten |
Feb 21, 1947-Aug 15, 1947 |
India Independence Act (1947), Partition of India, India Office changed to Burma Office |
Some Main Events of British Raaj (1619-1947) - 250 years
(1) First British outpost was established at Soorat, on the northwestern coast in
1619. Later in the century it opened permanent trading stations at Madras, Bombay
and Calcutta each under the protection of native rulers. The Company established
in Calcuttaa in 1690 and got the rights to collect land revenue in Bangaal in just
11 years, in 1701.
1757-1774 - Robert Clive and Battle of Plaasee
Battle of Plaasee - In June 1757, Robert Clive
defeated Nawaab Siraajuddaulaa, 20 year old Nawaab, of Bangaal. The
battlefield was Plaassee (modern Palaashee), about 100 kms north of
Calcuttaa. Although battle was not very big, but Clive took eight years
to take over the management of the revenues of the whole of Bangaal. In
1788, after 100 years of Battle of Plaasee, Calcuttaa, which was just a
collection of villages became the chief city of east India with a population
of a quarter of a million.
1774-1793 - Hastings and Cornwallis
Warren Hastings, (Governor General, 1774-1785)
Lord Cornwallis (Governor General, 1786-1793) - He was responsible for
putting Europeans in charge of all the higher levels of revenue collection
and administration and for introducing government by the rule of law, making
even government officers subject to the courts.
(2) By 1850s they controlled most parts of present India - India, Paakistaan,
Banglaa Desh.
(3) In 1857, a rebellion (Mangal Paandey) in north India, led by mutinous Indian
soldiers, caused the British Parliament to transfer all political power from
the East India Company to the crown.
(4) Beginning in 1920, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi transformed the Indian National
Congress political party into a mass movement to campaign against British rule.
The Party used both parliamentary and nonviolent resistance and non-cooperation
to achieve independence.
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