Governor-General of India

known for the destruction of hundreds of Hindu temples across northern and central India. The rulers persecuted Hindus and promoted the forced conversion of the local population to Islam. This period saw the establishment of a Hindu Kingdom, Vijayanagar Empire, in south India in 1336 by two Hindu brothers, Harihar and Bukka. It was an attempt to protect the Hindu culture from the invading Muslim armies from north India. In 1398, the Delhi Sultanate was invaded by Timur the Lame, the founder of…

with the Boston Tea Party, King George and Parliament have acted decisively by closing the city port. Four British regiments were deployed to Boston; additionally, the much reviled, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson will be replaced by General Thomas Gage. General Gage is expected to parlay even sterner penalties on the Colonists as directed by the British government. The Captains’ of the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver upon arrival in England, were…

Kashmir to remain an independent state, but the state’s geographic location made this impossible. Kashmir was positioned on the border of India and Pakistan. While Singh was holing out, Kashmir was invaded in August of 1947 by armed raiders from the North West Frontier province and by troops from the Pakistani Army. Singh was forced to seek military protection from India, and the Indian-Pakistani War of 1947 was underway. The Pakistani forces entered Kashmir quickly by defeating Singh’s weak…

provide economic benefit to the Britain. For example, the westernization of India where the Governor General ,Lord Bismarck Bentinck ( 1828-1835 ) introduced a system of education where the English language is use in learning ( Hichens, 1974 ) in addition the official language of government is English language. Not much progress made until later nineteenth century. Moreover in 1870, British attempt to modernize the India by improving system of transportation such as built up railways [started…

dynasty of India were two of the most successful and effective rulers of the Chinese and Indian civilizations.…

POLITICAL SITUATION OF INDIA DURING ANGLO-FRENCH WAR The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707. Bahadur Shah I succeeded him. However, there was a significant decline in the central control over the empire during the tenure of Jahandar Shah and later emperors. In the mean time, Nizam-ul-Mulk established Hyderabad as an independent kingdom. After his death, his son: Nasir Jung and his grandson: Muzaffar Jung started to fight against each other for the throne, which gave an opportunity to French…

political, economic, and cultural aspects of India. British officials began replacing Indian aristocracy. They also stopped allowing Hindu rulers without a natural heir to adopt an heir to be their successor. Britain would then annex the land, and they quickly angered the Brahmans. Western culture was introduced as missionaries challenged religious beliefs, women were emancipated, and a bill removed the legal obstacles for widows wishing to remarry. The people in India believed…

The British East India Company, in the first 50 years of its existence, had no interest in the development of colonies, preferring to engage in trade only, following the pattern set by the Portuguese. This pattern was changed by 1650 when the power of the old guard British royalist merchants was broken, and a new class of merchants wrested control of the Company. They followed the pattern set by the colonial mer- chants in American colonies and the West Indies, and sought to establish a network…

Archives gives the idea that Sikkimese Generals had considerable role in the Sino-Gorkha war. In the document PD/9.5/006, the Chinese Amban writes to the commander of the Sikkimese Army, Yug phyog thub, “to invade Nepal if the Gorkhas invade Tibet”, thus opening a second front which the Gorkha army would need to defend, forcing the Gorkha army to fight on two fronts. In the document PD/6.1/004, the “Chinese order the Sikkimese Army to meet with the Chinese General to coordinate the final…

British government preferred to help the struggling East India Company than to see colonial smugglers profiting and using their newly gained financial power to sponsor Anti-British protests. Another reason was that this Act essentially gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea, which offended colonial merchants. During the time that the Tea Act was passed, many of the colonists were not loyalists, and chose not to buy from the East India Company. Information from Encyclopedia…