Sept 25 The emergence of the Company State
Introduction
I. The "age of partnership"
Mogul Empire
East India Company (1600)
Emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
trade
Company Army
decentralization of the Mogul Empire
II. Turning point
Seven Years' War
Robert Clive
the Carnatic (Arcot): Mahomed Ali Wallajah, Nawab of Arcot
Bengal: Siraj Udduala, Nawab of Bengal
Black Hole of Calcutta
Battle of Plassey
Treaty of Allahabad (1765): diwani
III. Trusteeship and oversight
"nabobs"
Regulating Act (1774)
Warren Hastings (gg 1774-1785)
Government of India Act (1784)
trusteeship
Edmund Burke: “all political power which is set over men, and
all privilege claimed in exclusion of them, being wholly artificial,
and a derogation from the natural equality of mankind at large,
ought to be in some way or other exercised for their benefit”Lord Cornwallis (gg 1786-93): Permanent Settlement (1793)
subsidiary alliance system
Lord Wellesley (gg 1798-1805): territorial expansion (Mysore, Oudh, Maratha states)
