Governor General
Trace how the Company office changed from Governor to Governor-General of Bengal, Governor-General of India and finally Viceroy and Governor-General.
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Governor-General: Office and Title Chronology
Trace how the Company office changed from Governor to Governor-General of Bengal, Governor-General of India and finally Viceroy and Governor-General.
Open article →Warren Hastings: Consolidation and Company Wars
Study Warren Hastings through the Second Anglo-Mysore and First Anglo-Maratha wars, their treaties and the consolidation of Company power.
Open article →Cornwallis: Mysore War, Civil Service and Police
Connect Cornwallis's 1786 appointment with the 1790-1792 Mysore campaign, civil-service discipline and the police system of 1791.
Open article →Wellesley: Mysore War and Civil-Service Training
Follow Wellesley's 1798 arrival, the 1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and the Fort William and Haileybury training sequence of 1800-1806.
Open article →Wellesley's Subsidiary Alliance: Rules and State Chronology
Understand how the Subsidiary Alliance controlled princely states and retain the full textbook acceptance chronology from 1798 to 1818.
Open article →Wellesley and the Second Anglo-Maratha War, 1802-1805
Learn how Maratha succession and rivalry led to the Treaty of Bassein, the 1803-1805 war and treaties imposed on Scindia and Bhonsle.
Open article →Lord Hastings and the Third Anglo-Maratha War, 1817-1818
Study Governor-General Lord Hastings's role in the final Anglo-Maratha conflict, its battles and the abolition of the Peshwaship.
Open article →William Bentinck: Revenue, Jury and the 1833 Office Change
Connect William Bentinck's Mahalwari and jury reforms with the Charter Act of 1833 and his position as first Governor-General of united British India.
Open article →Dalhousie: Doctrine of Lapse and Annexations, 1848-1857
Understand Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse, retain every listed annexation from 1848 to 1854 and connect opposition to the revolt of 1857.
Open article →Canning: Revolt of 1857 and the First Viceroy
Learn Canning's role in suppressing the 1857 revolt and how the 1858 Crown transfer made him the first Viceroy and Governor-General.
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