|4| All Wars That British Fought Modern Indian History Ready Reckoner

Modern Indian History Ready Reckoner |4| 4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799): As a result of the war, large parts of central India came Cause of the War: Tipu refused to accept the Subsidiary under British control. Alliance of Lord Wellesley. Tipu aligned with the French 3. Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18): which the British saw as a threat. Participants of the War: Marathas, Nizams and English Cause of the war: The chief reason for this war was the on one side and Tipu on other side British conflict with the Pindaris whom the British Result of the War: suspected were being protected by the Marathas. The British secured a decisive victory at the Battle of Participants in the War: The Maratha chiefs Peshwa Seringapatam in 1799. Bajirao II, Malharrao Holkar and Mudhoji II Bhonsle Tipu’s territories were divided between the British and forged a united front against the English. the Nizam of Hyderabad. Result of the War: The core area around Seringapatam and Mysore was The British won decisively. restored to the Wodeyar dynasty who had been ruling An obscure descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji was placed Mysore before Hyder Ali became the de-facto ruler as the ceremonial head of the Maratha Confederacy at Satara Anglo-Maratha War: This was the last major war fought and won by the 1. First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1779) British. With this, the British controlled most parts India Cause of the war: Death of Madhav Rao resulted directly or indirectly. infighting among the Marathas. English used this for their advantage. In 1777, Nana Phadnavis went against a Anglo-Sikh War: treaty signed with the Calcutta Council and granted a 1. First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) port on the west coast to the French. Cause of the war: Immediately after the death of Ranjit Participants in the War: Marathas and East India Singh, the British East India Company had begun Company increasing its military strength. The Sikh forces crossed Results of the War: the Sutlej in December 1845 and took offensive There was a battle at Wadgaon near Pune in which the positions against the English forces. Marathas under MahadjiShinde secured a decisive Participants in the War: Maharaja Duleep Singh versus victory over the English. English The English were forced to sign the Treaty of Wadgaon Result of the War: English victory at Sobraon led to the in 1779. signing of the Lahore Treaty in 1846 which ended the war. 2. Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-05): Cause of the war: 2. Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49): Internal squabbles among Maratha houses. Cause of the war: Murder of few East India civil service In the Battle of Poona in 1802, Yashwant Rao Holkar, the officers led to antagonism. Eventually there was also a chief of the Holkars of Indore defeated the Peshwas and rebellion by Sikh troops the Scindias. Participants in the War: Sikhs versus English Baji Rao II sought British protection and signed the Result of the war: Treaty of Bassein with them. The final battle was fought at Gujrat near Chenab (not The Scindias and the Bhonsles did not accept this treaty the present Indian state Gujarat) in 1849. This was won and this caused the second Anglo-Maratha war in by the British forces. central India in 1803. The famous Koh-i-Noor diamond went into British hands. Participants in the War: Scindias, Bhonsles, Holkars It was in possession of Maharaja Ranjit Singh who had versus the English willed it to the PuriJagannath Temple of Odisha but his Result of the War: will was not executed by the British. They say it was All the Maratha forces were defeated by the British in acquired as part of the Treaty of Lahore after the second these battles. Anglo-Sikh war. www.laex.in All Wars that British Fought www.civilsprep.com .

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