History of British Rule History of British Rule Alamgir Rizvi ANMOL PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD. NEW DELHI-110 002 (INDIA) ANMOL PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD. Regd. Office: 4360/4, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 (India) Tel.: 23278000, 23261597, 23286875, 23255577 Fax: 91-11-23280289 Email:
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[email protected] History of British Rule © Reserved First Edition, 2014 ISBN 978-81-261-6235-2 PRINTED IN INDIA Printed at AnVi Composers, New Delhi. Contents Preface (vii) 1. British Empire 1 2. British Raj 31 3. Company Rule in India 80 4. East India Company 113 5. British India and the Extension of British Rule 160 6. British Policy in India 202 7. Downfall of Mughal and Rise of British in India 224 8. Administration and Laws and Acts of British India 258 Bibliography 301 Index 303 Preface In 1757, on account of the British victory at Plassey, where a military force led by Robert Clive defeated the forces of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-daulah, the East India Company found itself transformed from an association of traders to rulers exercising political sovereignty over a largely unknown land and people. Less than ten years later, in 1765, the Company acquired the Diwani of Bengal, or the right to collect revenues on behalf of the Mughal Emperor, in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.