From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power Summary
It talks about how the Mughal empire fell with the death of Aurangzeb and how the Nawabs started disintegrating with the Mughal empire. Students will also read about how East India Company got the royal charter to trade with India and how later, the Battle of Plassey and Buxar changed its role in Indian society. Starting with its establishment of the first factory in Hooghly river and with the introduction of land revenue systems such as Subsidiary Alliance, East India Company slowly and steadily started acquiring Indian territories.
- East India Company Comes East
- a. East India Company begins trade in Bengal
- b. How trade led to battles
- c. The Battle of Plassey
- d. Company officials become “Nabobs”
- Company Rule Expands
- a. Tipu Sultan – The “Tiger of Mysore”
- b. War with the Marathas
- c. The claim to paramountcy
- d. The Doctrine of Lapse
- Setting up a New Administration
- a. The Company army.
What are the reasons that caused the conflicts between Bengal nawabs and East India Company?
The reasons that caused the conflicts between Bengal nawabs and East India Company were:
a) Nawabs denied concessions to the East India Company on many occasions
b) Nawabs also demanded large tributes from the company
c) The company officials wrote insulting letters to the nawabs
d) The company denied paying taxes
a) Nawabs denied concessions to the East India Company on many occasions
b) Nawabs also demanded large tributes from the company
c) The company officials wrote insulting letters to the nawabs
d) The company denied paying taxes
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