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Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence

Indian Mutiny was a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59.

Location: Agra Delhi India Kanpur Lucknow

Participants: Mughal dynasty United Kingdom

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Lord Dalhousie followed the Doctrine of Lapse and direct annexation to expand British rule.

He annexed Punjab (1849), Behar (part of Bengal Presidency), and Oudh (1856) during his tenure.

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Bigwig is the synonym of Nabob.

Bigwig means بہت بڑا یا امیر آدمی

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The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.

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 Sir Charles James Napier served as governor of Kefalonia in the Ionian Islands, and wrote a book about the island.

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The most important feature of the Government of India Act of 1935 was the grant of a large degree of autonomy to the provinces of India.

Here are some other important features of the Government of India Act of 1935:

• Direct elections
• Provincial autonomy
• Responsible governments
• Federation of India
• Federal Court
• Separation of Burma

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The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

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The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company

The East India Company (EIC) was founded on December 31, 1600

The East India Company (EIC) dissolved in 1874

The East India Company was founded during the rule of Queen Elizabeth I

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The primary objective of the Home Rule Movement was to achieve self-government within the British Empire through the use of constitutional means. 

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• war of Plassey, (23 June 1757). Victory for the British East India company inside the war of Plassey become the start of nearly two centuries of British rule in India.
• For an occasion with such momentous effects, it turned into a fairly unimpressive military come across, the defeat of the Nawab of Bengal owing an awful lot to betrayal.
• In India, Britain turned into represented by the British East India enterprise, a challenge that have been given a royal charter in 1600 to pursue trade inside the East Indies that protected the right to shape its very own army.
• The French East India organization had a similar remit. From 1746, the rival agencies fought the Carnatic Wars for advantage in India, wherein they maintained trading posts, and sought impact over local rulers.