HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Maratha Empire, Bsc Young Boys
9 Oct 2020
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The sepoy mutiny, rebellion, first war of indian. Independence of 1857: there was a continued expansion of british india and the eic, maratha wars (1775-82, 1803-05, 1816-18). A powerful warrior group from western highlights who dominate much of india as mughal. Britain annexes western india, area around bombay: governor general richard wellesley: british india"s most expansionist governor. His brother arthur was the duke of wellington. He was the british general who defeated napoleon at the battle of waterloo: punjab in the 1840s extended to british reach even further to the north and the west. Afghanistan was known as the graveyard of empires as the british could not get to it. It was strategically located between russia and british india. Britain feared afghanistan would be the staging point for a russian invasion as it had for the. Tension and covert action between britain and russia was known as the "great game".
