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Revision note: British Expansion: Mysore, Marathas, Sikhs and the Policies of Annexation

  • Mysore wars: Madras 1769, Mangalore 1784, Seringapatam 1792, Tipu killed 1799 (Wellesley)
  • Tipu: Tree of Liberty, rockets, new calendar and coins, embassies to France
  • Maratha wars: Salbai 1782; Bassein 1802, Assaye; Third war 1817–18, Peshwaship abolished
  • Ranjit Singh: Lahore 1799, Treaty of Amritsar 1809 (Sutlej); Punjab annexed 1849
  • Subsidiary Alliance (Wellesley 1798): first Hyderabad; also Mysore, Awadh, Peshwa
  • Doctrine of Lapse (Dalhousie): Satara 1848, Jhansi 1853, Nagpur 1854; Awadh 1856 for misgovernment
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