IGNOU HISTORY NOTES : India History From Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century - British Expansion in North India

IGNOU HISTORY Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams

History India From Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century

British Expansion in North India

Structure

11.0 Objectives
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Deciine of the Mughal Empire and the Rise of the Successor States in North India
11.3 Awadh : From Subsidiary Alliance to Annexation
11.4 The Benefits of Subsidiary Alliance to the East India Company
11.5 Encroachments by the Company and Res.istance by the Awadh Regime: 1765-1775
11.5.1 Weakening of Awadh's Defen~s: 1775-1801
11.5.2 The Treaty of 1801
11.5.3 Decline and Fall of the Awadh Dynasty: 1801-1856
11.6 Expansion in Other Parts of North India
11.6.1 The British Interest in Punjab
11.6.2 The Mode of Conquest of Punjab
11.7 Let Us Sum Up
11.8 Answers to Check Your Progress exercises

11.0 OBJECTIVES

After reading this Unit you will get to know:

• about the way North India, especially Awadh and Punjab came under the British rule,
• about the shifting policies of British in their strategy of conquest, and
• about the circumstances which aided the British to spread their rule over Northern India.

11.1 INTRODUCTION

British expansion in North India, particularly in the kingdom of Awadn, was a
prbcess of building an alternative hegemony by the British in opposition to the
Mughal and the Awadh rulers' authority. The use of force in the battle field on the
part of the East India Company, remained minimal after the Battle of Buxar in
1764, and no major confrontation took place until Awadh was fully annexed and
made a part of Company's domination in 1856

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