Governors-General of India For Kerala PSC
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he British arrived in India as a trading company, the British East India Company, on August 24, 1608, as dealers in spices, a highly significant commodity in Europe at the time, and eventually grew...
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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| The Governor General who had begun his career as a clerk in East India Company at Calcutta in 1750 | Warren Hastings* |
| Pitts India Act of 1784 | To rectify the defects of the 1773 Act |
| The first state to enter theSubsidiary Alliance systemwas | Hyderabad (1798) |
| The other states that signed the alliance | Mysore & Tanjore (1799),Awadh (1801),Peshwa (Marathas) (1802)Scindia (Marathas) (1803)Gaekwad (Marathas) (1803) &Bhonsle of Berar (1803) |
| Published by | Carey & Marshman from Serampore |
| The first to become a Law Member of the Governor General’s Council | Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay* |
| The Governor General who had been recalled due to differences with the Court of Directors | Lord Ellenborough* |
| The Governor General of India who had lost his left hand in the Napoleonic Wars | Lord Hardinge I* |
| The Governor General who succeeded his brother-in-law Lord Ellenborough | Lord Hardinge I* |
| Introduced Bon-Regulation System | the system of centralized control in newly acquired territories |
| Establishment of the first engineering college | Thomson College for Civil Engineering (Roorkee) |
| Sikh War II (1845-1846)Annexation of Punjab (1849)Introduction ofDoctrine of Lapse | If the ruler of a protected Indian state/province dies without a natural heir, his state will not pass to an adopted heir, instead, it will be annexed to the British Empire |
| Captured Satara (1848), Jaipur & Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), and Nagpur (1854)Burmese war II (1852)Annexation of Berar (1853)Annexation of Oudh(1856)Lord Canning (1856 | 58)Thelast Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy of India |
| Keep Reading:Viceroys of India For Kerala PSC Examsđź“ťSideNotes:Hegemony | domination of one power/state over the other states |
| The system of Dual Government in Bengal was established by | Robert Clive (1765).It lasted from 1765 to 1772.It divided Bengal into Nizamat (under the administration of the Nizam) and Diwani (the right to collect revenue from the East India Company) |
| Regulating Act of 1773 | An Act to regulate affairs of East India Company in India by the British Crown, created the office of Governor General of Bengal, and abolished the Dual system in Bengal |
| Treaty of Wadgaon (1779) | The treaty was signed between the British East India Company and Marathas when the company was defeated by the Maratha Empire under Mahadji Shinde and Tukojirao Holkar in the Battle of Wadgaon (part of the First Anglo-Maratha War) |
The Governor General who had begun his career as a clerk in East India Company at Calcutta in 1750*
Warren Hastings
Pitts India Act of 1784
To rectify the defects of the 1773 Act
The first state to enter theSubsidiary Alliance systemwas
Hyderabad (1798)
The other states that signed the alliance
Mysore & Tanjore (1799),Awadh (1801),Peshwa (Marathas) (1802)Scindia (Marathas) (1803)Gaekwad (Marathas) (1803) &Bhonsle of Berar (1803)
Published by
Carey & Marshman from Serampore
The first to become a Law Member of the Governor General’s Council*
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Governor General who had been recalled due to differences with the Court of Directors*
Lord Ellenborough
The Governor General of India who had lost his left hand in the Napoleonic Wars*
Lord Hardinge I
The Governor General who succeeded his brother-in-law Lord Ellenborough*
Lord Hardinge I
Introduced Bon-Regulation System
the system of centralized control in newly acquired territories
Establishment of the first engineering college
Thomson College for Civil Engineering (Roorkee)
Sikh War II (1845-1846)Annexation of Punjab (1849)Introduction ofDoctrine of Lapse
If the ruler of a protected Indian state/province dies without a natural heir, his state will not pass to an adopted heir, instead, it will be annexed to the British Empire
Captured Satara (1848), Jaipur & Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), and Nagpur (1854)Burmese war II (1852)Annexation of Berar (1853)Annexation of Oudh(1856)Lord Canning (1856
58)Thelast Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy of India
Keep Reading:Viceroys of India For Kerala PSC Examsđź“ťSideNotes:Hegemony
domination of one power/state over the other states
The system of Dual Government in Bengal was established by
Robert Clive (1765).It lasted from 1765 to 1772.It divided Bengal into Nizamat (under the administration of the Nizam) and Diwani (the right to collect revenue from the East India Company)
Regulating Act of 1773
An Act to regulate affairs of East India Company in India by the British Crown, created the office of Governor General of Bengal, and abolished the Dual system in Bengal
Treaty of Wadgaon (1779)
The treaty was signed between the British East India Company and Marathas when the company was defeated by the Maratha Empire under Mahadji Shinde and Tukojirao Holkar in the Battle of Wadgaon (part of the First Anglo-Maratha War)
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