trade to territory class 8 history ncert
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- Aurangzeb was the last mughal ruler of india
- In 1600, the East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East.
- Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, who had discovered this sea route to India in 1498.
- The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugli
- The reasons that caused the conflicts between Bengal nawabs and East India Company were:
- Nawabs denied concessions to the East India Company on many occasions
b. Nawabs also demanded large tributes from the companyc. The company denied paying taxesd. The company officials wrote insulting letters to the nawabs - Diwani rights are the rights that the British acquired to collect their own revenues and have the authority to decide on civil cases. This right benefited the East India Company in several ways:
- It allowed the Company to use the vast revenue resources of Bengal
b. The monopoly of the East India Company on trade startedc. Revenue of Bengal was used to export Indian goods out of the country - Tipu Sultan – The “Tiger of Mysore”
- the Presidencies of british- Bengal,Madras,Bombay
- Tipu Sultan stopped export through his kingdom in 1785
- the battle of Plassey became famous because it was the first major victory the Company won in India.
- Subsidary Alliance - Richard Wellesly
- Lord Hastings - claim to paramountcy
- Now the Company claimed that its authority was paramount or supreme, hence its power was greater than that of Indian states. - Claim to Paramountacy
- Doctrine of lapse - Lord Dalhousie
- The Doctrine of Lapse meant that if a ruler died without leaving an heir, the state would be annexed by the British government.
- Warren Hastings was one of the many important figures who played a significant role in the expansion of Company power
- a new system of justice was established. Each district was to have two courts – a criminal court ( faujdari adalat ) and a civil court (diwani adalat).