Thursday, 27 August 2020

British Invasion of India| PART - VI | FINAL WAR!!!! - II

Hi Readers. So, in last post we saw that one letter by Bahadur Shah Zafar had made a big impact on rulers of whole India ( especially North India ). Below is photo of King Bahadur Shah Zafar.👇👇

So, the reason behind that was most of zamindar/jagirdar were prosperous during rule of Mughals but as soon as British captured India they lost all power/authority. They thought that if Mughal rule once again then they will be prosperous again and moreover they were angry at British. They all came together. There were many famous leader also who came together like Rani Lakshmibai, Rani Avantibai, Maulvi Ahmadullah Khan, Tatia Tope etc. Below is photo of Rani Lakshmibai. 👇👇👇
In South India also people came together like Rani of Kutoor etc. The Fight for Freedom spread like a forest fire. Tatia Tope became commander under Peshwa Nana Saheb. Birjis Qadr ( son of Wajid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh ) made himself a Nawab of Awadh. Whole India united against British. Wait till next post to know aftermath. 

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Friday, 14 August 2020

British Invasion of India| PART - V | FINAL WAR!!!!

As said in last blog post that Awadh was captured by British in 1856. The reason mentioned by them was misgoverning of Awadh. This was the major move by British. In 1857 British announced of New rifle to be used with new cartridge. As soon as new cartridge came rumours waved across country that new cartridge contained flesh of Cow and Pig!!! Now, Cow been scared to Hindus (who were in majority) and Pig been considered as taboo to Muslim. Many people refused to use new cartridge ( because in olden time cartridge need to be cut off by teeth ). Mangal Pandey one of the most brave soldier and freedom fighter was against use of New cartridge, He was angered by the deed of British and he and his fellows thought that British were trying to kill their religion and that was indeed what British were doing!!! On 29 March 1857, he attacked two senior British officer in anger. On 8 April 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death due to attacking officer and this was the BIGGEST Mistake of British!!! Nearly 87 soldier were imprisoned stating that they didn't obey instructions of Senior soldiers. On 10 May 1857 Meerut Soldier release imprisoned soldier and killed British officer. They then joined by released soldier marched toward Delhi and there they were joined by Delhi Soldier and they captured Delhi on 11 May 1857. They in Delhi announced Bahadur Shah Zafar ( Mughal king ) as their leader. Bahadur Shah Zafar refused to do so but was later convinced. Bahadur Shah Zafar's one move made a BIG IMPACT!!! What was that? See in next post till then bye...
                                       To be continued....

Important Date:-

1. 29 March 1857 - Mangal Pandey attacked British officer

2. 8 April 1857 - Mangal Pandey hanged to Death

3. 10 May 1857 - Meerut Captured by Rebel

4. 11 May 1857 - Delhi Captured by Rebel

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

British Invasion of India| PART - IV| Interfering in Indian Courts

The doctrine of Subsidiary Alliance was formed in 1798 by Lord Wellesley (1798-1805). Below is photo of Lord Wellesley
 Subsidiary alliance was forcefully imposed. It means that No Indian king is allowed to keep personal army/band. British will provide army but in return Indian king need to pay Subsidiary force. If any king failed to pay then piece of kingdom subjugated (forcefully taken). Many Indian king refused to do so then British attacked on them and because of superior weapon British won many kingdom. Many Indian kingdom was also Subjugated as Subsidiary force was too high. Mysore also came under Subsidiary force after death of Tipu Sultan. Now, Britisher also had another policy within Subsidiary Alliance policy it was that Residents were placed in almost all Indian kingdom. Resident were the representative of EIC. They used to interfere in political matter of Indian kingdom. Many king refused but their Kingdom was captured. Awadh was the last state to be captured subsidiary force was imposed on Awadh in 1801 and Awadh was captured in 1856. Awadh was paying subsidiary force regularly but then why was it captured? Let it be a mystery till next post till then bye...
                                    To be continued...

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

British Invasion of India| PART - III | Fire 🔥 lit.

After the battle of Plassey(1757). The Nawab of Bengal Mir Qasim in 1764 rose to revolt against British. Thus, the battle of Buxar happened. British managed to captured whole Bengal (Today's W.B, Bihar, J'Khand and parts of UP). Whenever there was a fight between two Kingdom, Kings used to call Britishers to help them win. This made Britishers popular and also strong. They used to attack others Kingdom and used to win because of Guns, superior cannons etc. Very few far seeing kings likes Tipu Sultan etc. knew the result of asking Britishers for help. Tipu Sultan was the son of Hyder Ali, king of Mysore. He was a brave king but known as "Aurangzeb of South". He made a deep relation with French. He prohibited his state's merchant to deal with Britishers because of this Britishers got angry with Mysore Kingdom. Another reason was the Mysore relationship with French Empire. After that there were four Anglo-Mysore war. First in 1767-69 during rule of Hyder Ali in which Mysore won. Second war in 1780-84 during rule of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan in which Treaty of Mangloare happened. According to Treaty of Mangalore "Tipu Sultan" can claim Victory over British and his allies. Treaty had following text:- 

"TREATY OF PEACE WITH THE NAWAB TIPU SULTAN BAHADUR.

Treaty of perpetual peace and friendship between the Honourable the English East India Company and the Nawab Tipu Sultan Bahadur, on his own behalf; for the countries of Seringapatam Hyder Nagur etc. and all his other possessions settled by Anthony Sadlier, George Leonard Staunton and John Hudleston Esquires, on behalf of the Honourable English East India Company for all their possessions, and for the Carnatic Payen Ghaut, by virtue of powers delegated to the Right Honourable the President & Select Committee of Fort St. George for that purpose, by the Honourable the Governor General & Council appointed by the King & Parliament of Great Britain, to direct & controul all political affairs of the Honourable English East India Company in India, by the said Nawab agreeably to the following Articles, which are to be strictly and invariably, observed as long as the Sun & Moon shall last, by both parties, that is to say, by the English Company & the three Governments of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, and the Nawab Tippoo Sultan Bahadur.

Article 1st.--Peace & friendship shall immediately take place between the said Company the NawabNawab Tippoo Sultan Bahadur & their friends, and allies, particularly including therein the Rajahs of Tanjore & Travencore, who are friends & allies to the English and the Carnatic Payen Ghaut, also Tippoo Sultan’s friends & allies, the Biby of Cannanore, and the Rajahs or Zemindars of the Malabar coast, are included in this treaty, the English will not directly or indirectly assist the enemies of the Nawab Tippoo Sultan Bahadur nor make war upon his friends or allies, and the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur will not directly or indirectly assist the enemies, nor make war upon the friends or allies of the English.

Article 2nd.--Immediately after signing and sealing the Treaty by the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur and the three English Commissioners, the said Nabob shall send orders for the complete evacuation of the Carnatic, and the restoration of all the forts and places in it, now possessed by his troops, the forts of Amboorgur and Satgur excepted; & such evacuation and restoration shall actually & effectually be made in the space of thirty days from the day of signing the treaty, and the said Nabob shall also immediately after signing the treaty send orders for the release of all the persons who were taken & made prisoners in the late war, and now alive, whether European or Native, and for their being safely conducted to & delivered at such English Forts or Settlements, as shall be nearest to the places where they now are, so that the said release & delivery of the prisoners shall actually & effectually be made in thirty days from the day of signing the Treaty; the Nabob will cause them to be supplied with provisions and conveyances for the journey, the expense of which shall be made good to him by the Company. The Commissioners will send an officer or officers to accompany the prisoners to the different places, where they are to be delivered, in particular Abdul Wahab Cawn, taken at Chittoor, and his family shall be immediately released, & if willing to return to the Carnatic shall be allowed to do so. If any person or persons belonging to the said Nabob, and taken by the Company in the late war, be now alive, & in prison in Bencoolen, or other territories of the Company such person or persons shall be immediately released, and if willing to return shall be sent without delay to the nearest fort or settlement in the Mysore country. Baswapa, late Amuldar of Palicacherry, shall be released & at liberty to depart.

Article 3rd.--Immediately after signing and sealing the treaty the English Commissioners shall give written orders for the delivery of Onore, Carwar and Sadasewgude, and forts or Iplaces adjoining thereto, and send a ship or ships to bring away the Garrisons. The Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur will cause the troops in those places to be supplied with provisions and any other necessary assistance for their voyage to Bombay (they paying for the same). The Commissioners will likewise give at the same time written orders for the immediate delivery of the forts & districts of Caroor, Avaracourchy, & Daraporam; and immediately after the release and delivery of the prisoners, as before mentioned, the fort and district of Dindigul shall be evacuated & restored to the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur, and none of the troops of the Company shall afterwards remain in the country of the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur.

Article 4th.--As soon as all the prisoners are released and delivered, the fort & district of Cananore shall be evacuated and restored to Ali Rajah Biby, the Queen of that country, in the presence of any one person, without troops, whom the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur may appoint for that purpose, and at the same time that the orders are given, for the evacuation and delivery of the forts of Cananore and Dindigull, the said Nabob shall give written orders for the evacuation, and deliver of Amboorgur and Satgur to the English, and in the meantime none of the troops of the said Nabob shall be left in any part of the Carnatic, except in the two forts above mentioned.

Article 5th.--After the conclusion of this treaty the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur will make no claim whatever in future on the Carnatic.

Article 6th.--All persons whatsoever, who have been taken & carried away from the Carnatic Payen Ghaut (which includes Tanjore) by the late Nabob Hyder Ali Cawn Bahadur, who is in heaven, or by the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur, or otherwise belonging to the Carnatic, and now in the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur's dominions, and willing to return, shall be immediately allowed to return with their families & children, or as soon as may be convenient to themselves, and all persons belonging to the Vencatagerry Rajah, who were taken prisoners in returning from the fort of Vellour, to which place they had been sent with provisions, shall also be released & permitted immediately to return. Lists of the principal persons belonging to the Nabob Mahomed Ali Cawn Bahadur and to the Rajah of Vencatagherry shall be delivered to the Nabob Tippoo Sultan’s ministers, and the Nabob will cause the contents of this article to be publickly notified throughout his country.

Article 7th.--This being the happy period of general peace and reconciliation, the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur as a testimony and proof of his friendship to the English, agrees that the Rajahs or Zemindars on this coast, who have favoured the English in the late war shall not be molested on that account.

Article 8th.--The Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur hereby renews & confirms all the commercial privileges & immunities given to the English by the late Nabob Hyder Ali Cawn Bahadur, who is in heaven, and particularly stipulated & specified in the treaty between the Company, and the said Nabob concluded the 8th of August 1770.

Article 9th.--The Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur shall restore the factory and privileges possessed by the English at Callicut until the year 1779 (or 1193 Heggra) and shall restore Mount Dilly & its district, belonging to the settlement of Tellicherry and possessed by the English, till taken by Sadar Cawn, at the commencement of the late war.

Article 10th.--This treaty shall be signed and sealed by the English Commissioners and a copy of it shall afterwards be signed & sealed by the President and Select Committee of Fort St. George, and returned to the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur, in one month, or sooner, if possible, and the same shall be acknowledged under the hands & seals of the Governor General & Council of Bengal, & the Governor & Select Committee of Bombay, as binding upon all the Governments in India, and copies of the treaty, so acknowledged, shall be sent to the said Nabob in three months, or sooner, if possible.

In testimony whereof, the said contracting parties have signed, sealed, and interchangeably delivered two instruments of the same tenor and date, to wit, the said three Commissioners on behalf of the Honourable English East India Company, and the Carnatic Payen Ghaut, and the said Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur on his own behalf, and the dominions of Seringapatam and Hyder Nagur & ca. Thus executed at Mangalore (otherwise called Cordial Bunder) this 11th day of March & year 1784, of the Christian Era & 16th day of the Moon Rabillasany in the year of the Heggra 1198.

TIPPOO SULTAN'S Signature.

(A True Copy.)

W. C. JACKSON, Secretary to the Embassy.

Signed:

SANTHONY SADLIER.

GEORGE LEONARD STAUNTON.

JOHN HUDLESTON."

But there was a third war in 1790-92 during rule Tipu Sultan in which Mysore was defeated and lost about 1/3 of there land. Mysore had a support of France till 1791. Fourth war happened in 1799 during rule of Tipu Sultan which is popularly known as Battle of Seringapatam in which Tipu Sultan died and the dynasty came to end. Wodeyar dynasty was restored to throne. Tipu Sultan had previously contacted Napoleon Bonaparte I to come to his help. Napoleon I was in his way to come to India through Egypt and Britishers knew very well that if Napoleon I came then Mysore and French would be immortal. They can't be defeated and so Britishers(England army)  made an attack on Napoleon I in Egypt and an attack on Tipu Sultan in India through the Britisher army of Indian unit and because of this Napoleon I was busy in Egypt and Tipu Sultan died fighting for his land. Still, People celebrate his Bravery. 

                                         To be continued...

Thursday, 9 July 2020

British Invasion of India| PART-II | Battle of Plassey

In 1757, army of Nawab Sirajuddaulah and army of Robert Clive met at battlefield of Plassey ( anglicised version of Palashi. )
Sirajuddaulah's army got defeated because of Mir Jafar, traitor. He was a commander in Sirajuddaulah's army but didn't fought. He was greedy of throne but the there is idiom in Hindi "Jese ko tesa" . He became Nawab of Bengal in 1757 but he revolted due to high compensation he need to pay to British for Calcutta attack by former Nawab. He even bribed some EIC official. EIC keep asking for high amount to him. So, Mir Jafar formed alliance with Dutch and led a battle against EIC. That was Battle of Chinsura. He and his allies got ultimately defeated and was thrown out. In his place his son-in-law Mir Qasim got placed but Mir Qasim eventually formed alliance with Awadh and Mughals to throw EIC out of India. In 1764, Battle of Buxar happened between EIC and Bengal and Allies. Bengal and Allies got defeated. Mir Qasim got replaced by Mir Jafar in 1764 but Mir Jafar died in 1765.
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Friday, 3 July 2020

British Invasion in India| Part - 1

British Invasion in India| Part - 1

In 1600, Queen Elizabeth granted permission to English East India Company for sole trade. They came to India in 1608 as trader and merchant. In 1615, EIC set up their first factory 🏭 at banks of River Hooghly, Kalikata{Kolkata}. In 1696, They started fortification of their factory. They invited other trader and merchant to settle near factory.They bribed Mughal official to give them 3 villages including Kalikata {Kolkata}. Now, there were other European trading company too like Portuguese, Dutch and French. Britisher started using Naval army to destroy these European company's ship. In 1698, They again bribed Mughal official in order to appeal of Farman  by Emperor Aurangzeb for duty free trade. Mughal gave them Farman for duty free trade by company's side but EIC was also doing duty free trade from private side causing huge loss of revenue to Bengal. 1756, Bengal Nawab Alivardi Khan died. His son Sirajuddaulah became Nawab. EIC wanted Nawab Sirajuddaulah to be puppet ruler. They started interfering in Bengal's Court matter. They made plan to overthrow Sirajuddaulah but he got to know somehow and asked EIC to not to interfer in Bengal's affair, stop fortification and accused EIC of deceit and asked EIC to pay amount of loss. EIC refused each and every order by Nawab. Then Nawab marched with 30,000 soldiers to Kalikata EIC fort and captured it. After the fall of Kalikata, EIC sent an army under Robert Clive.   
                                      To Be continued..... 



British Invasion of India| PART - VI | FINAL WAR!!!! - II

Hi Readers. So, in last post we saw that one letter by Bahadur Shah Zafar had made a big impact on rulers of whole India ( especially North ...