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15 Cards in this Set
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Warren Hastings (1773-1785) |
1. Regulating act 1773 2. Act of 1781- powers of jurisdiction between the Governor General in council and Supreme Court of Calcutta, were clearly divided 3. Pitt’s India act 1784 4. Rohilla war 1774 5. First Maratha war 1775-82 6. Treaty of salbai 1782 7. Second Mysore war 1780-84 8. Strained relationship with Chait Singh , the Maharaja of Benaras, which led to Hastings’ subsequent impeachment in England 9. Foundation of Asiatic society of Bengal |
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Lord Cornwallis ( 1786-1793) |
1. Third Mysore War ( 1790-92) 2. Treaty of Seringapatam(1792) 3. Cornwallis code (1793) incorporating several judicial reforms and separating of revenue administration and civil jurisdiction 4. Permanent settlement of Bengal 1793 5. Europeanisation of administrative machinery and introduction of civil services |
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Sir John shore ( 1793- 1798) |
1. Charter act 1793 2. Battle of Kharda between the Nizam and the Marathas 1795 |
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Lord Wellesley (1798-1805) |
1. Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System 1798 2. First alliance with Nizam of Hyderabad 3. Fourth Mysore war 1799 4. Second Maratha war 1803-05 5. Took over administration of Tanjore 1799 , Surat 1800 , Carnatic 1801 6. Treaty of Bassein 1802 |
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Sir George Barlow (1805-07) |
Vellore mutiny 1806 |
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Lord Minto ( 1807-1813) |
Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh 1809 |
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Lord Hastings (1813-1823) |
1. Anglo Nepal war (1814-16) 2. Treaty of Sagauli 1816 3. Third Maratha war (1817-19) and the dissolution of Maratha confederacy 4. Creation of Bombay presidency 1818 5. Strife with Pindaris (1817-1818) 6. Treaty with Sindhis 1817 7. Establishment of ryotwari system by Thomas Munro , governor of Madras 1820 |
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Lord Amherst (1823-1828) |
First Burmese war (1824-1826) Capture of Bharatpur (1826) |
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Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835) |
Abolition of Sati and other cruel rites (1829) Suppression of thugi 1830 Charter act 1833 Resolution of 1835 and educational reforms and introduction of English as an official language Annexation of Mysore 1831, Coorg 1834 , Central Cachar 1834 Treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh Abolition of provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis , appointment of commissioners of revenue and circuit |
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Lord Metcalfe (1835-1836) |
New press law removing restrictions on the press in India |
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Lord Metcalfe (1835-1836) |
New press law removing restrictions on the press in India |
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Lord Auckland (1836-1842) |
First Afghan War (1838-42) |
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Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844) |
Annexation of Sindh 1843 War with Gwalior 1843 |
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Lord Hardinge I (1844-1848) |
First Anglo Sikh war (1845-46) Treaty of Lahore 1946 Social reforms including abolition of female infanticide and human sacrifice |
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Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856 |
Second Anglo Sikh war 1848-49 Annexation of Punjab 1849 |
