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UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Modern history

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European arrival and Company expansion

Anglo-Mysore and Anglo-Maratha wars

Concepts to cover

  1. Four Anglo-Mysore wars 1767 to 1799: Madras 1769, Mangalore 1784, Srirangapatna 1792 and Tipu's fall 1799
  2. Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan as modernising rulers: army, French links, Jacobin club, Wodeyar restoration
  3. Three Anglo-Maratha wars: Salbai 1782, Bassein 1802 and Assaye, Third war 1817-18 ending the Peshwa
  4. Confederacy houses after Panipat: Scindias of Gwalior, Holkars of Indore, Gaekwads of Baroda, Bhonsles of Nagpur; Madhav Rao's revival; Nana Phadnavis
  5. Why the Marathas lost: confederate rivalry, weak finance, Holkar-Sindhia divisions