Day - 65 | History | European Settlement | UPSC CSE Foundation Course | Mr. Kishore Kumar

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Hello dear friends, I'm Kishore Kumar.
So far we have seen the 18th century of modern India,
how it was, its political fragmentation,
who were the successor states,
who were the rebellious states,
how the Mughal Empire disintegrated,
who were the important founders of the states,
for example, Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad,
then Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan for Mysore,
who were in Oudh,
who were in Bengal,
so we have seen all these.
Now, what we are going to do is,
in the next 200 years,
from the 18th century onwards,
the European powers that ruled India for 200 years,
how was their penetration?
After defeating other European rivals,
how did the English get ready for the Contender for India?
We are going to see that in this video.
So, European Penetration and Settlement.
So, if you see, first of all,
with respect to the beginning of European Settlement,
what we would have read and seen is,
Vasco da Gama, in 1498,
from Portugal to Calicut, India,
found a route around the Cape of Good Hope.
So, before that,
didn't we have a trade with Europe?
You should have thought about this.
If so, why did they find a new trade route?
This is what we are going to discuss in the next 20 minutes.
So, first of all, from the Middle Ages,
or if you see from Ancient India,
we had a good relationship with Greece and other European countries.
We bought the silk from China,
and added value to it.
Then, let it be the Chinese trade,
let it be the Persian trade on this side.
The Persian traders were occupied by the Arabs.
On this side, the Indian traders were occupied by the Gujarat merchants.
On this side, the South-East Asian traders were occupied by the Tamils.
So, the trade was very well understood.
So, in the Middle Ages,
we had a trade with Greece on three important routes.
The first route was through the Persian Gulf.
The second route was through the Red Sea.
The third route was by land.
So, there were two routes by sea and one by land.
If we look at it on the map,
it will look like this.
So, these routes are the first trade routes we had.
These three routes are India,
from India to the Persian Gulf,
then through Turkey,
Asia Minor,
Greece,
and finally Italy.
So, through Turkey, we reached Italy.
Similarly, through the Gulf of Aden,
Suez Canal,
and then by land,
through Egypt,
we reached Italy.
This is another route.
Otherwise, you can go to England,
or Portugal, or Spain,
without going to Italy.
If you look at the routes by land,
from India,
if you go to Kandahar,
there is a Silk Route from Kandahar.
You can go through the Silk Route again.
Through Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Asia Minor,
we can reach Europe.
These three routes were the important routes.
Why are these three routes important?
There were two important events.
The first important event was
the Byzantine Empire.
In those days, the Roman Empire was divided into two.
There was a kingdom called Rome.
It was divided into two, Western and Eastern Rome.
The Byzantine Empire was in Eastern Rome.
Constantinople was its capital.
What happened in Constantinople was
that the Ottomans took control of it.
They monopolized the trade routes.
They didn't stop it,
but they gave tariffs.
This was a big problem for Western European nations.
Next,
the traders here,
like Venice and Genome in Italy,
they also experience monopoly.
They don't allow other traders to come here.
They are the ones
who have to go through the Silk Route to Europe.
They are highly profitable.
This is Spain.
This is Portugal.
This is Spain.
This is Portugal.
This is England.
In the 1560s,
Spain and Portugal
left this route
to find another route to India.
This is the end.
What did they do then?
They left this route.
First, Columbus left from Spain.
He went to India.
He discovered America.
This is how Columbus discovered America.
He didn't discover America.
He discovered the route to America.
The Europeans discovered the land of America.
That's all.
America was discovered for the Europeans.
That's called the New World.
They discovered something new.
You only know about the East.
You don't know about the West.
That's called the New World.
This is Columbus.
He discovered Spain.
A man from Portugal came in 1498.
He was Columbus.
This is Vasco da Gama.
Before that, a man named Bartholomew Dias came.
He kept going.
Everyone thought there was no end to this.
Bartholomew Dias was the first to
reach the Cape of Good Hope.
This is how he reached the Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama came on his own.
He crossed the Cape of Good Hope.
With the help of a Gujarati merchant,
he came to Calicut in 1498.
He came to Calicut in 1498.
The Europeans first settled through a different route.
This was a good facility for the Western Europeans.
Even though it was a big route,
there was not much fuel at that time.
Because they used slaves.
There was a lot of piracy here.
There were a lot of countries here and there.
They used tariffs.
It was easier and more profitable
to trade with them.
For example, Vasco da Gama
earned 60 times more profit
on his first trip.
He earned 60 times more profit on his first trip.
This is how they did it.
Spain and Portugal had a partnership.
They divided the trade between them.
Let it be Portugal or Spain,
their ships were very strong for the next 100 years.
Spain called their navy Armada.
Spain became a net security provider for Portugal.
Because of their potential,
the UK could not do anything for the next 50 years.
The UK could not do anything for the next 50 years.
They were looking for another route, but they could not.
There was another event in 1588.
The armada of Spain was attacked by the UK.
Now they had a belief that
they could defeat Spain.
They had a belief that they could defeat Spain.
After 1588, the free merchants in England
started to come to this established route.
This is a pre-cap.
How did the Portuguese come?
Why did they come?
The first important reason is that
they wanted to break the monopoly of the Italian merchants in Venice.
The second was the pepper trade.
East Indies.
They wanted to go and have the trade with Indonesia.
That is where the State of Malacca becomes a very important route.
Even now, the State of Malacca is a very, very important route.
Okay.
So, what happens next?
So, as we already said, the fall of Constantinople is an important reason.
The second reason is that they wanted to break the monopoly of the trade of the merchants.
The Venetian merchants.
They wanted to break the monopoly of the Venetian merchants.
So, what happens next?
So, they wanted...
So, Ascolaga is coming and Columbus is finding his treasure.
Next, there are these two important discoveries.
Discovery of America and Discovery of India.
The trade route.
This is a very, very important event in the human history.
Who says this?
Adam Smith, who is called the father of modern economics, says this.
What he says is...
He would have written a book.
In that book, he would have said that the concept is the invisible hand of the market.
So, what he says is...
Two of the most important, greatest events recorded in the history of mankind are...
Discovery of America and Cape Route of India.
He would have said so.
Because, the material, capital and labor that they needed...
...was obtained only because of this route.
When they come around Africa, they colonize it.
So, slave trade.
Slave trade.
They colonize America.
New minerals are obtained in America.
Minerals.
Similarly, they colonize India and East Indies.
They colonize Eastern India.
They are having a new market.
Next, what is this slave trade?
It is called triangular trade.
This is very important.
Because, this only paid for the accumulation of the capital.
Accumulation of the capital.
Capital for Europeans.
So, this accumulation of capital paid way for the industrial revolution.
For the industrial revolution to start and for the capital to form...
...slave trade was very important.
What is slave trade?
Slaves from Africa are sold to the owners of cotton farms and Caribbean islands.
From there, raw materials are procured.
The raw materials are taken from here and produced in factories.
The finished products are sold in America, Africa and Europe.
So, this is how the accumulation of capital is obtained.
So, this triangular trade.
Slaves from Africa are sold to the owners of cotton farms and Caribbean islands.
The raw materials are procured from there.
The raw materials are taken from here and produced in factories.
The finished products are sold in America, Africa and Europe.
This is how they accumulated the capital.
Because of this accumulation of capital, their new market started to open.
It started to open here and here.
This also later they have mimicked in the Indians.
They do the same thing in India.
Before doing it in India, they have done it here in Africa and America.
This is a very important event.
In the 18th and 19th century, many people decided that slaves should not exist anymore.
This is the reason for the American Civil War.
This is the reason for the American Civil War during the Abraham Lincoln period.
Slaves should not exist anymore.
Abolition of slavery is an important event.
Before that, how many slaves were sold in Africa?
Approximately 15 to 50 million African people were sold as slaves.
Approximately 1.5 to 5 crore people.
Ok?
So many slaves were sold.
Will many people die when they are killed?
Why do they die?
They do not take good people with them.
They keep them in a compartment.
They have taken them to bed.
They have taken them to bed from here to there.
They should not move anywhere.
They are very cramped.
See how many people would have died.
Those who survived were sold as slaves.
After that, their lives will be hell.
Ok?
Now, let's talk about Portugal.
Now, the Portuguese have come to India.
After coming to India, what was their behavior?
The first important thing is that they settled in these kinds of places.
Cochin, Goa, Dayu, Daman.
They settled here.
They only believed in the superiority of their naval power.
That's all.
They do not want to invade lands.
Why do they like coastal areas?
Because they need a hold to trade here.
That's all.
They need a place to fall back.
That's all.
That's why they do not want to invade lands.
That's why they live in the eastern areas.
That's all.
Next, let's talk about Alfonso de Albuquerque.
Then, let's talk about Almeida.
Then, let's talk about his blue water policy.
We saw all these in detail in the middle.
Ok?
In this, we are going to see where he captured Goa in 1510.
This is an important statement.
You can hear it in the preliminary.
He captured Goa in 1510.
This is even before the establishment of the Mughal Empire.
You should note it down.
Even before the establishment of the Mughal Empire.
He captured Goa in 1510.
Ok?
Next, from 1500s to 1600s, they dominated the trade.
From Malacca to the Spice Islands of Indonesia to the state of Hormuz,
the Portuguese dominated everything for 100 years.
Because of their blue water policy, naval supremacy.
Next, their biggest threat is that
if they capture Goa or any other place,
they are involved in the intolerant, forceful conversions.
They make forceful conversions.
This leads to hatred among the people.
It leads to a situation where they have no support.
That is why they did not get any old age.
Till the end.
Ok?
They were confined in Goa, Diu and Daman.
Till the end.
That's all.
This is one of the reasons.
Next, why they were able to maintain their barbaric behavior
is because of their naval supremacy.
After that, they did not want to come to the land.
All the places they stayed were outside the area of the Mughal superiority.
Ok?
This is the reason.
They had the inherent flaws.
What are the flaws?
This blue route is the Portuguese route.
They take the east route.
This white route is the Spanish route.
They take the west route.
I trade through this route.
You trade through this route.
Ok?
So, what are the flaws of the Portuguese?
They did not concentrate to capture the lands from the seas.
Heavily dependent on Spain.
Later half of the 15th and 16th century, they were heavily dependent on Spain for their security.
Next, the monarchy began to degenerate.
A good ruler was not found in Portugal.
After that.
Next, forceful conversions.
Forceful conversion in Christianity was also an important reason.
They did not have a base.
Next was the harassment of the land power.
If they want to come to the sea.
The goods of the Mughals are coming.
Or they want to go on a pilgrimage.
They should also be arrested.
And their immoral carter system.
Forming a carter system.
Ok?
So, their carter system means.
All the ships in that place can be harassed by them.
And they declared that some items are loyal monopoly.
Like rice and pepper.
If some other merchant had it.
That ship can be theirs.
Or they can break that ship.
And put it in the sea.
They were doing atrocities like this.
So, this was another important event in 1588.
English defeated the Spanish Armada.
Armada was defeated.
So, this opened up the English for the newer routes.
For the Eastern Indians.
Now, what this is doing is.
This is an important reason for the formation of the East India Company.
But before that.
We are going to see about the Dutch.
Dutch East India Company.
So, see how they came.
First came the Portuguese.
Next came the Dutch.
Third came the English.
British.
Fourth came the French.
So, what the Portuguese were doing is.
They were out.
They were out of the competition.
They could not win.
The competition was between the Dutch and the English.
When the competition was between the Dutch and the English.
What the Dutch and the English were doing is.
The Dutch took Indonesia.
The English took India.
After that, the competition was between the English and the French.
This is called the Carnatic Wars.
In this Carnatic War.
They defeated the French.
And they became the number one contenders for the India.
They were ready to conquer the Indian Empire.
After the defeat of the French.
In 1764.
So, in 1602.
The Dutch East India Company was formed.
They were the first joint stock company in the world.
We are talking about the MNCs.
The first joint stock company was the Dutch East India Company.
Their main focus was Java, Sumatra and the Spice Islands of Indonesia.
But they did not make any centers in India.
They came to India.
They established some centers.
You can read about the centers.
Surat, Brauch, Kambe, Ahmadabad, Kochi, Nagapattinam, Masuripattinam, Chinsura, Patna, Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
They established their factories in all these places.
Apart from this.
Like Thangumvidithi.
They established a place called Sadras.
Thangumvidithi.
That's all.
Sadrasapattinam.
Like Madrasapattinam.
They also conquered Ceylon from Portuguese.
Portuguese became very weak after 1600s.
So they captured Ceylon from Portuguese.
This is very important.
They got English from the Dutch.
What they exported was very important.
Indigo, Raw Silk, Cotton Silk, Salpetter, OPM.
They exported all these.
Next is the English East India Company.
English East India Company is also very important.
Because they are going to rule us.
So it is very important to know about their formation.
How do they come?
What do they do?
In 1599.
There was a group of merchants.
There were free merchants.
There was a group of merchants.
They called themselves Merchant Adventurers.
Merchants Adventurers.
They are forming a company.
Which is called as English East India Company.
In 1599.
When was the Royal Charter given to them?
By whom?
Queen Elizabeth.
When was it given?
31 December 1600s.
It was given in 1600s.
The Royal Charter was abolished a year and a half later.
What do they say in the Royal Charter?
East.
There is a Cape of Good Hope.
Cape of Good Hope.
From this to the areas in the East.
They are given complete monopoly.
Monopoly to trade.
Only East Indian companies should trade.
They are given complete monopoly.
For how many years?
For 15 years.
But for how many years?
For 215 or 213 years.
They enjoy this monopoly.
They continue to extend it.
They are given monopoly only for the first 15 years.
When is it taken?
During the Charter Act 1813.
This is when it is taken.
From 1600s to 1813.
For 213 years.
They enjoyed a virtual monopoly of trade.
From Cape of Good Hope to East.
What happens next?
First voyage in India.
Who does the first voyage?
Our Captain Hawkins does it.
He comes to Jagangir court first.
In 1608.
Listen carefully.
In 1608.
They decided to establish a factory in Surat.
They decided.
But they couldn't establish that factory.
Because.
When Hawkins came.
Jagangir was doing well.
Then he gives him 400 months up.
Months up is like a tip.
Take it.
He gives him 400 months up.
For 3 years.
He was in Jagangir court.
He has written a lot of instructions.
He has written accounts.
Captain Hawkins.
But.
Because of Portuguese influence.
What happens is.
Captain Hawkins is kicked out.
Jagangir.
So without hitting the Portuguese.
We can't get into the influence of Mughal.
What does England do?
They defeated.
They defeated the Portuguese.
In Svali.
They defeated twice.
In 1612.
And in 1614.
You are telling so much in detail.
All this is in your NCRT.
This information.
All is in your NCRT.
I am telling all this only from NCRT.
Ok.
So much information.
It is so concentrated.
You can't see when you read.
You can see only when you read.
Oh they are telling so much.
Ok.
Later on what happens is.
Sir Thomas Roy.
In 1615.
Royal Ferman.
He got the royal orders.
After that in 1615.
They established a factory at Surat.
They established it at Surat.
But before that.
In 1611.
They established the factory in Masoolipatnam.
That was their first factory.
The first factory in India.
Was in Masoolipatnam.
Because they wanted to establish it in Surat.
But it was not.
Coming into true.
After that in 1615.
They established the factory in Surat.
Ok.
Next as we said.
They have a treaty with the Dutch.
The battles between the Dutch.
Is not very important.
The battles between the Dutch.
They win in India.
The Dutch win in Indonesia.
After that they divide the territories.
I am for this.
Because for the Dutch.
What is very important is Indonesia.
Java, Sumatra.
So they go like that.
England.
For them the textiles.
Because they are in the industrial revolution.
So they need everything from the cotton trade.
That is available in India.
So they take India.
Ok.
After that they think.
India is a good market.
So in 1795.
All their positions.
The Dutch lost.
They fully concentrated on.
Indonesia.
Next.
Growth of East India Company.
This year is very important.
1600s to 1744.
Till now.
I have not told much about the year.
But after this.
Modern India.
In all these.
The years are very important.
After the establishment of the Congress.
The dates, months, years.
All are important.
This is how you should see it.
All years are not important.
All months are not important.
All events are not important.
But the date and month of the event.
All these are very important.
Why do they say this date?
Why do they say 1600s to 1744?
Because.
In 1744.
They first started.
Fighting with the French.
So the mere.
150 years.
To be exact.
144 years.
They were only mere traders.
They were only traders.
144 years.
From 1600s to next.
144 years.
Only traders.
But even in that.
They did some small jobs.
But.
They were not successful.
Why?
Because.
The Mughal Emperor was very strong.
From 1600s to 1700s.
He was very strong.
So they could not do anything.
To be exact.
In 1786.
They ransacked.
They sacked Hooghly.
Who?
English East India Company.
They sacked Hooghly.
Who was there in 1688-86?
Aurangzeb.
He completely routed the East Indian Company.
So what did they do?
Like a mere petitioner.
They cried.
In front of him.
So what did he do?
He forgave them.
Because.
He did not see the threat.
They were just traders.
They did a mistake.
But they gave a good profit.
So he needed money.
He needed money.
So what did he do?
He forgave them.
He took 1,50,000 rupees.
As war indemnity.
What happened in 1691?
He also gave a Royal Ferment.
Royal Ferment.
What was that?
For Bengal.
In Bengal.
They did not have to pay anything.
They called it Dastak.
Duties.
They did not have to pay.
Instead of that.
What they had to do.
3,000 rupees.
That was enough.
They bought a Ferment.
This Ferment.
Later.
It was re-established.
Or re-negotiated.
With respect to Farrukhsiyar.
What Farrukhsiyar did was.
This Royal Ferment.
He confirmed it.
Then what did he do?
He wrote what he said.
Not only that.
He extended it to Gujarat and other areas.
This Ferment.
This Ferment given by Farrukhsiyar.
In 1717.
They call it Golden Ferment.
That much important.
It is the Magna Cartha.
For their East India Company.
This Ferment.
So where did they start?
In the first half of the 17th century.
This is a similar question.
This line.
This is a similar question.
This question was asked in 2021.
We will see this later.
In the first half of the 17th century.
1623.
They established factories in Surat,
Baruj, Ahmedabad,
Agra, Masoolipatnam.
They started in Masoolipatnam in 1611.
And their schemes were
Endured by the Mughals.
Endurance.
Because from the beginning
what they were doing.
They didn't want to be a
Profit making company.
They wanted to
turn this land into a political
puppet.
Through that they wanted to
cool down.
They wanted to create a drain of wealth.
This was their scheme from the beginning.
Because their policy was
Mercantilism.
Just not trading.
Mercantilism
in the simplest terms
is the ideology
for the trade of our country.
This was the ideology of mercantilism.
That exploitation
has resulted
in colonialism.
So here
the Mughals were fortifying.
They didn't like that.
Then what happened was
There was a big fight in Hubli.
We saw that.
But they got a more
favourable position
because of the disintegration of Vijaynagar.
They got a favourable
area in the south.
So they bought Masoolipatnam.
Similarly, Vijaynagar
had a local king
called Chennappanayakka.
He was the king
of Chandragiri.
From that king
bought Madras.
They took Madras
for lease.
They built Fort Chenjaj
and fortified it.
He didn't say anything.
He just said, if you want to fortify, do it.
If you want to give coins, give it.
That's all.
This is how the kings were at that time.
So what happened next was
the island of Bombay.
This is a big comedy.
Who gives
whose property?
The island of Bombay was
with the Portuguese.
In 1662,
King Charles III
marries
the Portuguese princess.
For that, the Portuguese
give Bombay as dowry.
In 1668,
Bombay
was given
as dowry
to the English.
What did Charles do?
He said, what are we going to do
with this island of Bombay?
For just 10 pounds,
could you believe it?
Today, Bombay is the financial capital of India.
He gives rent for 10 pounds.
He gives lease for 10 pounds
annually to East India Company.
They buy it and
fortify it.
Bombay.
Next, what happens is
in Eastern India,
they opened
in Orissa.
After that, they opened
in Hooghly, Bengal.
In Patna,
Balasore, Dhaka,
they opened everywhere.
In Madras, they already
bought, fortified
and made it a sovereignty.
In 17th century,
they think that this is their territory.
British is claiming
sovereignty in Bengal, Madras.
After building
Fort George, they think like that.
Bombay
became their territory.
They fortified there also.
They claim that as a sovereignty.
But, they could not claim it in Bengal.
That is why they fought in Hooghly.
Aurangzeb was at that time
preoccupied in Deccan.
Since he was there,
he could not come much.
He became weak.
But, it was defeated.
In 1686,
it was defeated.
Hooghly's plan was over.
Next, they wait like that.
After waiting,
Battle of Plassey
happens in 1757.
They wait
for so many years.
This is the difference
between an institution
and a single man.
A single man can be
very strong.
But, there is a limitation
of age.
He will die anyway.
But, let it be an institution
or an idea,
it will never die.
If it is not there,
the idea of
another person
to rule this place
politically,
the company
has carried it for 150 years.
Every director
has carried it.
The culmination of it
is Battle of Plassey,
Buxar.
This is the news
in the current phase.
Now, Golconda Fort
could have been a tourist attraction.
But, at that time,
the fate of Madras
was decided
by the Golconda.
If you are Chandragiri,
Vijayanagar Empire,
then,
Chennapanayaka
gives it in 1639.
But, after that,
Golconda is defeated.
Then, what Golconda
does is,
they are giving
rent to Madras
for English.
How much money
have they got for that?
7000 pakodas.
Pakoda is not
gold coins.
7000 gold coins.
So,
after that,
Golconda is given
in 1683.
Then, in 1686,
Aurangzeb gets it back.
He unites Golconda
with Aurangzeb.
So, they could have ransacked
So, this is the news in the current phase.
So, the last thing you have to see
is,
in this,
they have told about the last Kuthupshahi ruler.
They have also said about the
Akkanna Madanna.
Akkanna Madanna,
and the last Kuthupshahi ruler,
Abdul Hassan Tana Shah.
Just write his name.
This is all in the current phase.
This is how we can get exposed.
This is not in a book.
Otherwise,
someone would have written a book
about Golconda.
We can see his name in such a book.
So, when it comes like this,
just write it down.
Next is with respect to the setback
of the British.
Then, in 1691,
we saw about the Royal Firm.
Next is the formation
of the Calcutta.
They are in Hooghly.
Then, in 1698,
they are procuring
three important villages.
The names are
Suttonati, Calicutta
and Govindapur.
These three villages are formed
as Calcutta.
In Calcutta,
they are going to rule
for the next 200 years.
Fort Williams
is built after that.
Then, in 1717,
the Firmans are confirming
the privileges from Farrukhsiyar.
They are buying it for Gujarat
and Deccan.
For every year,
they are buying it for 3000 rupees.
No new document
is required.
They are confirming
such a thing.
When they give the privilege,
it is okay.
Because, it really was in his place.
Is Farrukhsiyar like that?
They are turning into a semi-independent kingdom.
Whether it is Deccan, Gujarat
or Bengal,
let it be like that, everyone is thinking like it is their own kingdom
now if a company says, I bought it from the emperor, they will not agree
they will say, you bought it from the emperor, take it from them
so this is the problem which has been created
because of this problem, they are going on resisting
they say, we cannot resist anymore
when they believe that they have become stronger, then they are having the war, battle
that battle is Battle of Buxar, Battle of Plassey in 1757
we will see that in the next chapter
but whatever their political ambition was, their commercial development was not frustrated
they are earning a lot of profits
they are earning 20% profit
they say like that
next is, with respect to their internal organization
source of power is their charter
the charter given by Queen Elizabeth in 1600 is their source of power
next is, composition
there will be a governor for a factory
then a deputy governor
then there will be 24 members
all these will become the court of directors
we will see the PITS India Act
the court of directors will change like this
next is, their company is profit oriented
profit, profit, profit
they have earned 20% profit
similarly, the most important thing of their company is the bribe culture
for kings, queens, not only for the kings here
they have given bribe to the kings in England
what they can do through this is, they can maintain the military
otherwise would they leave a king to a company
because they have maintained the army in England
then how good it would have been to take the army here and defeat them in England
the act to regulate them is the regulating act
in 1773, they are very scared
the power of the company is increasing
we have to regulate them
that is the name of the regulating act
so bribe culture
it has permeated into the company
nothing can be done
and then there is another important story
this is also a very interesting story
it is called as rise of interlopers
in the rise of interlopers, many English merchants
whatever the monopoly is, they climbed the monopoly
but many English merchants are trading
they are trading privately without the company's permission
they are called as new merchants
the company calls them as interlopers
then an important event happens in 1688
this event happens in 1688
this event is called as glorious revolution
glorious revolution is a fight between the king and the parliament
who is the big shot
the king's power is reduced and the parliament rises
this is how parliamentary democracy comes first in England
in 1688, they bring the parliamentary democracy
what happens when they bring it
they wanted to reduce the monopoly of the East India Company
these new merchants
they start a new company called as new merchants company
what the parliament does is
it gives monopoly to them
it gives monopoly to them to trade in the East
what the East India Company does is
they take the share of that company
there is a fight between them for 20 years
in 1708, they merge and become one company
it is called as East India Company again
this is a very interesting story
the structure of the company is
they don't manufacture anything in the factory
they just take the goods
nothing else
no manufacturing was carried in the factory
you should not think that the factory was manufactured
they are just writers,factors and merchants
that's all
they buy the goods and keep it there instead of taking it to another place
they use it as a warehouse
they have fortified the factory
what happens in the Anglo-French struggle
this is an important event
it starts in 1744
their struggle goes on till 1764
there are 3 struggles
1st Anglo-French war
2nd Anglo-French war
3rd Anglo-French war
it ends with this
the French were the last to arrive at the European struggle
they came in 1664
in 1720s, they also become a recognized power
just like they kept Hooghly
then Calcutta, Calicut, Suttanati, Govindpur
and changed it to Calcutta
they bought Chandranagur from Calcutta
just like they bought Madras, they bought Pondicherry
the most important governor at that time was Dupley
Dupley was the most important governor
I will tell you the story of their 3 struggles
no need for all this
first, how does the Anglo-French war happen?
Austrian war of succession
in this war of succession, who should succeed the Austrian prince?
both of them join with 2 separate hostages
they join in opposite hostages
one hostage is from England and the other is from France
the war they fought in Europe
is also opposed by their East Indian companies
that is how it starts
in 1745, what happens is
this war starts in 1744
in 1745, the French ships attack the English ships near Madras
this is the triggering point
this is where the war starts
the same war happens in Canada and America
Canada was occupied by the French
that is a separate war
this war happens in 3 continents
what happens here is
in 1745, the English attack the French naval fleet near Madras
what Dupley does is
he uses his French army to capture Madras
who controls Madras?
it is controlled by the Carnatic
what they do to the Carnatic Nawab is
they go to the English and tell them to help them
the Carnatic Nawab sends 10,000 soldiers
what Dupley does with just 1000 soldiers is
he kills these 10,000 soldiers
this is called the Battle of Adyar
Battle of Adyar
near St.Thomas Mount
St.Thom
Battle of Adyar takes place at St.Thom and St.Thomas Mount
what Dupley understands from this battle is
no matter how powerful the natives are
they do not have modern equipment
they are not organized
they are a disorganized army
their weapons are medieval
their weapons are organized and modern
they can win
this is what Dupley devises
when does this war end?
this war ends in 1748 in Europe
the French lose this war
there is a treaty called the Treaty of Axla Chapelle
Madras is given back to the English East India Company
according to this treaty
it is given back to the English East India Company
what Dupley does is
he uses his own equipment and organized soldiers
he intervenes with them and
he understands that he can achieve political gains
he understands this only through the Anglo-French war
what happens in the second is
there is a principality which is Hyderabad
and again there is a principality which is called as Karnataka
both the rulers die in 1748
Nizam-ul-Mukh Asabja
who was the creator or the establisher of Hyderabad principality
he also dies and so does the Karnataka
so here there is a fight between two people
who are Nasir-Jung and Musafir-Jung
father and son
Nizam-ul-Mukh Asabja is a fight between father and grandson
who should come as a king
similarly in Karnataka
who should come as Nawab
here Nizam-ul-Mukh Asabja is a fight
and here Nawab-ul-Mukh Asabja is a fight
both of them are Chandasahib and Anwarudin
Chandasahib and Musafir-Jung
both of them are supported by Dupley
and Anwarudin is killed in a battle
his son Mohammad Ali
he goes to Thiruchirapalli and kills Nasir-Jung
here in Hyderabad
Dupley appoints a general named Buzi
he goes to Karnataka
he goes with Chandasahib
this was the height of the power
he was killed in an accident
Musafir-Jung was killed in an accident
then there is another climber
his name is Safar-Jung
Buzi appoints him as Nizam
there is a thing called Northern Sarkars
Chikkakulam and Visakhapatnam are Northern Sarkars
he is given the areas there
he is given a lot of money
because he helped
then from Krishna river to Kanyakumari
Dupley is made as an honorary governor
so this was the height of the Dupley
will it be quiet now
will the English East India Company be quiet
what they are doing is
there are climbers opposite to them
so what Robert Clive is doing is
he is seizing the capital of Karnataka
Arkot
he is seizing Arkot
after capturing Arkot
what happens next is
French government is taking back Dupley
because of the pressure of England in Europe
this was the nail in the coffin
because they took away Dupley
they could not do anything
so they appoint a person called Less Energetic County Lally
as the French Governor General
after that
how this changes is
Chanda Sahib is killed
British kills him
after that Mohamed Ali is changed to Nawab
so British's hand starts to bend
what happens here is
in Hyderabad
Safar Jung starts to support the English
he goes to the side of victory
so what happens next is
after 1757
what happens again is
there is another war in Europe
it is called Seven Years War
when that war starts
they fight again
here also they fight
when they fight
in 1757
the British won the Battle of Classic
so the balance of power shifts majorly
so they win the third battle of Anglo-French war
after that French are mere traders
they cannot go for any territorial ambitions
this is how they defeat the French in 1764
this is the story of their defeat in 1764
so next is Anglo-Mysore war
Anglo-Maratha war
then Anglo-Sikh war
so the next 150 years
from 1764 to 1857
till the first battle of independence
or Sepoy mutiny
how was the next territorial capture
how did they defeat the Indian Powers
we will see in the next class
so thank you
i hope you have understood
all the best
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