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Há 2 dias · Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He gained military prominence in India, won successes in the Peninsular War in Spain, and triumphed over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
Há 3 dias · 1. 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United ...
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6 de abr. de 2024 · Wellesley. Wellesley (1798-1805) was the next important Governor-General. By 1797, Mysore and Marathas were weakened in power. He knew it was the ripe time for rapid expansion. He followed the policy of ‘Subsidiary alliances’, outright wars, and assumption of territories of previously subordinated rulers.
Há 2 dias · Explore the expansion and consolidation of British power in India during the 18th and 19th centuries. Learn about the 'Ring-Fence Policy' and 'Doctrine of Subsidiary Alliance' and their impact on Indian princely states.
Há 5 dias · Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, from Hindi: rāj, lit. 'rule') was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and replaced with Mir Jafar, who had the support of the East India Company; or in 1765, when the Company was ...
Há 3 dias · In 1858, under the terms of Queen's Proclamation issued by Queen Victoria, the Madras Presidency, along with the rest of British India, came under the direct rule of the British crown. During the period of governor Lord Harris (1854–1859), measures were taken to improve education and increase representation of Indians in the administration.
15 de abr. de 2024 · As governor-general in India, Wellesley used military force and diplomacy to strengthen and expand British authority. East India Company forces defeated and killed Tippu Sultan , Muslim ruler of Mysore (present-day Mysuru ) and sympathizer for Revolutionary France , in the fourth Mysore War (1799), and Wellesley then restored the ...
