KSEEB Class 10 SSLC History Chapter 2 The Extension of the British Rule Notes

KSEEB Solutions for SSLC Class 10 History Chapter 2 Notes Anglo Maratha Wars And Subsidiary Alliance

The Marathas and Mysore states were dominant in the southern and western parts of India. Therefore the hold of British was restricted to the Bengal and Bombay regions only.
The British waged continuous wars from the mid of 18th century to mid of 19th century to extend their empire in India.
First Anglo-Maratha War took place from 1775 to 1782 between the Marathas and the British.
The Maratha federation was unable to sustain in the war and the British entered ‘ Salbai Agreement’ and ended the war. Madhav Rao II was named as the peshwa.
Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of India, introduced the Policy of Subsidiary Alliance in 1798 to bring Indian states under control.

KSEEB Class 10 SSLC History Chapter 2 notes

Hyderabad was the first state to enter the subsidiary alliance, followed by Mysore, Awadh, Tanjavore,Maratha,Poona, Birar, Gwalior and other states.
The differences between the Maratha chieftains led to the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805). Lord Wellesley defeated the Marathas in the war.
Although Lord Wellesley won the Second Anglo-Maratha War, yet his battle thirstiness increased financial burden on the Company and being criticized for his policies, he was forced to resign and return to London. Due to this, peace prevailed in the region.

Class 10 History Chapter 2 The Extension of the British Rule Summary

Third Anglo-Maratha War was fought between 1817 and 1818. The British suppressed various Maratha rulers cruelly and abolished the post of Peshwa, granting pension to Baji Rao II.
The British installed Pratapa Simha as the ruler of Satara and named him as the traditional leader of the Marathas and suppressed the Maratha resistance.

The British completed their plan of ruling across the entire India from 1818 to 1857.
A political turmoil aroused in Punjab after the death of Ranjit Singh in 1839 and the British attempted to invade Punjab by violating the Continuous Friendship Pact which they had performed with the erstwhile king.
In December 1845, a war took place between the British and Punjab. Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims joined hands together to confront the British.
They were defeated due to the treachery committed by a few leaders and were forced to sign a humiliating Lahore Agreement. With this, the British Resident became the actual ruler of Punjab.

The Extension of the British Rule SSLC History notes

As Punjab became the dependent state of East India Company, the Sikhs opposed the attempts of the British to directly rule upon Punjab.
This opposition was led by Chattar Singh Attariwala in Lahore and Moolraj in Multan.
This time again, the people of Punjab were defeated and Lord Dalhousie merged the Punjab state with the British Empire.
Dalhousie arrived in India as the Governor General in 1848.
He attempted to integrate Indian princely states with the British Empire by adopting the Doctrine of Lapse.

KSEEB SSLC History The Extension of the British Rule chapter explanation

Satara, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi, Jaipur came under the Policy of Doctrine of Lapse.
Severe implementation of this policy resulted into arousal of rebellion among the common people which finally transformed into the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.