COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Battle of Plassey
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Battle of Buxar
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Battle of awadh
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the Battle of Buxar (1764), the Company appointed Residents in Indian states. They were political or commercial agents and their job was to serve and further the interests of the Company.
Detailed explanation-2: -A “resident” was an officer appointed by the East India Company in the princely states as an agent for the benefit of the Company. These residents used to involve in the matters of governance as well as succession of the princely states.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mir Qasim’s soldiers met the English army troops directed by Major Munro in 1764. The joint armies of Mir Qasim were defeated by the British. Mir Qasim absconded from the battle and the other two surrendered to the English army. The battle of Buxar ended with the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.
Detailed explanation-4: -Finally, in 1765 the Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the Diwan of the provinces of Bengal. The Diwani allowed the Company to use the vast revenue resources of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 16 August 1765, between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and Robert Clive, of the East India Company, in the aftermath of the Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764.