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    Posted: 28-May-2007 at 02:11
My question is how did the British manage to take control over such a large land. What kind of battles did they fight ? an What was the lasting effect on India also did the English being around even influence the average Indian.

Are there families an areas in India that are still to this day largely wealthy due to an alliance with the British of old..
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Divide, conquer and then string the puppets.
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and technology, helps when you have guns and most of the locals dont.
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but in India the Indians had guns, often many more than the British.
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The British conquests in India took over 200 years to complete, from 1604 (first fort granted) to 1849, fall of Peshawar.. And some places were more difficult to conquer, the Punjab for instance. The Frontier and other places were also ruled only nominally. They also ruled over a third of India indirectly through alliences.
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There was a rebellion in the nation during the 1850s that was waged against the British but it was put down and the British government officially governized the country through direct administration. Before, it was just a trading place for the British but the rebellion threatened British interests in the region and force the British into dealing directly with the Indian government at the time. The British formed alliances between each state and everything is administered in the state by British authority, just as what Sparten said.
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Ok, there's a lot in this area i do not know. A few questions:

1) What are some notable battles in this period? Are there any known numbers for these battles?

2) Was the process a north to south thing, or was it various spores of control that slowly spread into total control?

3) There was mention of a rebellion. Where was this fought? Also, were there any other notable rebellions?
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The rebillion happend in 1857. Some notable Rebillions: Mangal Pandey, Vir Kunwar Singh, Rani Laxmi Bai, Tantya Tope, and many more....
 
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Originally posted by AlokaParyetra

Ok, there's a lot in this area i do not know. A few questions:

1) What are some notable battles in this period? Are there any known numbers for these battles?
The Most famous are battles such as Plassey, Assyre, Chillianwall

2) Was the process a north to south thing, or was it various spores of control that slowly spread into total control?
They started with Bengal, and then went to the South and then to the North.

3) There was mention of a rebellion. Where was this fought? Also, were there any other notable rebellions?
As mentioned the Frontier was never fully controlled. There were litreally hundereds of expeditions whic continued until tye new state of Pakistan withrew forces from the Frontier in December 1947.
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I think geopoliticaly, it's easier for a "sea empire" to rise when the empires of the mainlands collapse.
 
This kind of empires is really extensive because of the sea routes(the between space was covered by oceans) get the bigger percent of it's size.
 
The end of the "sea empire" comes, when a regional mainland empire grows and threats the fragile sea empire's provinces...

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Did legally the British conquer and ruled "India"?
 
Mostly, first the Europeans came as Companies, requested place for their trading activities, building factories and then started indulging in their skirmished with locals.
 
Many times, they violated their commercial agreements, evaded taxes and ran away even withlout paying the annual tributes / amount decided for letting out space or santioning trade facuilities (VOC is the best example).
 
Even the British started "winning the battles" by "treaties" by fiorging the documents. Again, these treaties / original documents were reportedly missing.
 
At the time of unification, Sardar Patel had to face more than 500 petty Rajas, Nawabs and others, as each local tried to asset his sovereignity, hoping for some compensation.
 
Travancore, Hyderabad (Central Province), North-east, Punjab had been independent. So how the British could have controlled entire India?
 
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