Early Resistance & Regional Powers (1757-1857) (Set 3)

British forces found roughly 600 launchers, 700 serviceable rockets, and 9,000 empty rocket casings at Seringapatam. Many were shipped to the Royal Artillery in Woolwich.

William Congreve studied the captured Mysorean rockets and began his own rocket research programme in 1801, leading to the Congreve rocket used by British forces as late as the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82) was concluded by the Treaty of Salbai in 1782, which restored the status quo and secured British support for the Peshwa. The Treaty of Surat (1775) started the conflict, and Purandar (1776) and Wadgaon (1779) were earlier, unfavourable settlements.

Saadat Khan (Burhan-ul-Mulk) was appointed governor of Awadh in 1722 and became the first Nawab Wazir of Awadh, making it virtually autonomous. Safdarjung came later, Shuja-ud-Daula was a later ruler, and Saadat Ali Khan was the British-era Nawab of 1798-1814.

In 1751, during the Second Carnatic War, Clive captured and bravely held the town of Arcot against a much larger enemy force. The victory broke the French-backed side and made Clive famous across India and Europe.

Siyar-ul-Mutakherin was written by Ghulam Husain. It is an important contemporary source that describes the Battle of Plassey of 1757 and the fall of Bengal.

King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeated the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel in 1741, a rare Asian victory over a European colonial power.

Saadat Khan, also known as Burhan-ul-Mulk, was appointed governor of Avadh by the Mughal emperor in 1722. He gradually built up personal authority there, effectively founding a semi-independent regional kingdom. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sarfaraz Khan were instead linked to Bengal politics, not Avadh.

The British gained the Brahmaputra valley by the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. They then wanted a road through the Khasi Hills.

He was killed on 30 November 1805 at Mavila Thodu, a stream near Pulpally on the Kerala-Karnataka border.

At Periya Pass in 1797 the Raja’s men hid in stockades on both sides and struck the Company force as it entered.

The Company called its wars with Pazhassi Raja the Cotiote War. Cotiote comes from the English form of Kottayam.

Arthur Wellesley was appointed commandant for Mysore, Canara and Malabar. He spent years fighting the Raja’s guerrilla war.

Kurichiya bowmen fought for Pazhassi Raja. Nairs, Thiyyas and other groups also joined his forces.

J. W. Quinton arrived in Manipur on 22 March 1891 with about 400 soldiers. He was killed in the fighting that followed.

The Governor General confirmed Tikendrajit’s death sentence. He changed the Raja’s sentence to transportation for life.

A group of armed Paikas attacked the British at Pipili in October 1804. The Khurda fort fell after a long fight.

He supported Mukunda Deva II and helped make him king of Khurda. The British arrested the king on 3 January 1805.

He was executed on 6 December 1806. His trial was held at Baghitota in Midnapore.

Vadde Obanna was Narasimha Reddy’s right-hand man. He led the armed group of those who had lost their inam lands around Koilakuntla.