HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lord William Bentinck, Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Powerful mughal empire- architectural boom- taj mahal, red fort, amer fort. Eic only needs to defend the shipping externally, mughals protect it on land. Shahinshah king of kings one sovereign among many. Mughals are a muslim empire, open to religions, hinduism the major religion. Conservative ruler, pious, expanded mughal empire to greatest extent, campaigning in south, lack of authority left in north, desire for more princely authority. Princes becoming more wealthy, rise up after aurangzeb"s death. British forced to trade silver instead of british goods. By 1700 eic set up presidencies in madras, bombay and calcutta with forts, people flock to their protection. 1661- acquire bombay, less attention on surrat and focus on bombay. Bengal 75% of indian wealth for the eic. 1756 eic fortify calcutta (fear of french in 7 years war) Nawab siraj ud-daula- sees fortification as challenge to authority. 1757 retakes calcutta, re-secures trading privileges of eic.

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