The beginnings of British political sway over India may be traced to the battle of Plassey in 1757, when the English East India Company's forces defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. The earlier British struggle with the French in south India had been but a dress rehearsal. The lessons learnt there were profitably applied in Bengal. Bengal was the most [...]
Read this article to learn about the partition of Bengal British and their failure. Partition of Bengal: The greatest weapon of imperialism is creation of dissension among the subjects, development of mutual suspicion and mistrust and thereby preventing unity among them to perpetuate rule. During the second half of the nineteenth century, particularly after the revolt of 1857, there was [...]
Read this article to learn about the relation of Alivardi with the Marathas. It was in 1742 that the first Maratha invasion of Bengal took place. When Alivardi was returning from Cuttack after subduing Orissa and had reached Mubarak Manjil in the Arambagh subdivision of Hughli, information reached him that a Maratha army had raided Burdwan. He forced his march [...]