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On 
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On 
Indian History,
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? Coming of Europeans
? Regulating Act 1773, Pitts India Act 1784, 
Charter Act 1793
? Warren Hastings, Cornwallis
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Coming of Europeans
? Regulating Act 1773, Pitts India Act 1784, 
Charter Act 1793
? Warren Hastings, Cornwallis
Regulating 
Act of 1773
- Title of Governor General of Bengal
Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
Sir John Macpherson (1785-1786)
Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
Sir John Shore (1793-1798)
Lord Wellesley (1789-1805)
Sir George Barlow (1805-1807)
Lord Minto I (1807-1813)
Lord Hastings (1813-1823)
Lord Amherst (1823-1828)
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Coming of Europeans
? Regulating Act 1773, Pitts India Act 1784, 
Charter Act 1793
? Warren Hastings, Cornwallis
Regulating 
Act of 1773
- Title of Governor General of Bengal
Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
Sir John Macpherson (1785-1786)
Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
Sir John Shore (1793-1798)
Lord Wellesley (1789-1805)
Sir George Barlow (1805-1807)
Lord Minto I (1807-1813)
Lord Hastings (1813-1823)
Lord Amherst (1823-1828)
LORD WELLESLEY 
? He was a great imperialist and called himself ‘a Bengal tiger’.
? Wellesley came to India with a determination to launch a forward policy in order
to make ‘the British Empire in India’ into ‘the British Empire of India’.
? He effectively reverted the policy of “non intervention” followed by his
predecessors. He made the Nawab and Nizams subsidiary allies by signing
almost 100 such treaties.
? The system that he adopted to achieve his object is known as the ‘Subsidiary
Alliance’.This system was invented by French Governor Dupleix who used to
lend his army on rent to native Indian rulers.
The system of Subsidiary Alliance could be any of the following:
a. The company lent its army in lieu of the Cash
b. Company kept the armies near the border of the Protectorate and collected cash.
c. Company kept the army inside the border for protection and collected cash.
d. Company kept its army inside the border of army and got some territories.
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Coming of Europeans
? Regulating Act 1773, Pitts India Act 1784, 
Charter Act 1793
? Warren Hastings, Cornwallis
Regulating 
Act of 1773
- Title of Governor General of Bengal
Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
Sir John Macpherson (1785-1786)
Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
Sir John Shore (1793-1798)
Lord Wellesley (1789-1805)
Sir George Barlow (1805-1807)
Lord Minto I (1807-1813)
Lord Hastings (1813-1823)
Lord Amherst (1823-1828)
LORD WELLESLEY 
? He was a great imperialist and called himself ‘a Bengal tiger’.
? Wellesley came to India with a determination to launch a forward policy in order
to make ‘the British Empire in India’ into ‘the British Empire of India’.
? He effectively reverted the policy of “non intervention” followed by his
predecessors. He made the Nawab and Nizams subsidiary allies by signing
almost 100 such treaties.
? The system that he adopted to achieve his object is known as the ‘Subsidiary
Alliance’.This system was invented by French Governor Dupleix who used to
lend his army on rent to native Indian rulers.
The system of Subsidiary Alliance could be any of the following:
a. The company lent its army in lieu of the Cash
b. Company kept the armies near the border of the Protectorate and collected cash.
c. Company kept the army inside the border for protection and collected cash.
d. Company kept its army inside the border of army and got some territories.
? Hyderabad: Hyderabad was the first state which was brought under Subsidiary System in
1798. It fixed the amount to be paid for the subsidiary force. In accordance with the
treaty, all the French troops in Hyderabad were disbanded and replaced by a subsidiary
British force.
? Oudh: The threat of invasion by Zaman Shah of Afghanistan was the pretext for Wellesley
to force the Nawab of Oudh to enter into a subsidiary treaty. Accordingly, the Nawab
ceded half of Awadh to the British East India Company and also agreed to disband his
troops in favor of a hugely expensive, British- run army. The strength of Nawab’s own
army was reduced.
? The Maratha state of Tanjore witnessed a succession dispute. In 1799, Wellesley
concluded a treaty with Serfoji. In accordance with this treaty the British took over the
administration of the state and allowed Serfoji to retain the title of Raja with a pension.
? The principality of Surat came under British protection as early as 1759. The change of
succession due to death of Nawab in 1799, provided Wellesley an opportunity to take over
the administration of Surat. The Nawab was allowed to retain the title and given pension.
? When Nawab of Karnatak died in 1801, Wellesley asked his son to retire with a liberal
pension leaving the administration to the English, to which he refused, Wellesley signed a
treaty with Azim-ud daulah, the nephew of the deceased Nawab in 1801. Accordingly the
entire military and civil administration of the Karnatak came under the British.