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Revision note: British Expansion, the Revolt of 1857 and Social Reform


  • Plassey 1757, Buxar 1764, Diwani 1765
  • Permanent Settlement 1793 (Cornwallis); Doctrine of Lapse (Dalhousie)
  • 1857 began at Meerut, 10 May; GoI Act 1858 → Crown rule
  • Sati abolished in 1829 (Bentinck), with Rammohan Roy's campaign
Revision card summarising British Expansion, the Revolt of 1857 and Social Reform
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