Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)
1. Described himself as Bengal Tiger.
2. Created the Madras presidency after the annexation of the kingdoms of Tanjore and Carnatic.
3. Introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance in 1798.
4. The states that signed the alliance were - Hydrabad (first to sign) in 1798 and then Mysore, Tanjore, Awadh, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Mecheri, Bundi, Bharatpur, Berar.
5. Fourth Anglo Mysore War and death of Tipu Sultan in 1799. The Woddayar Dynasty, who Hyder Ali had deposed, was restored to the throne of Mysore.
6. Signed Treaty of Bassein with the Peshwa in 1802.
7. Fought Second Anglo-Maratha war in which the Scindhia, Bhonsle and Holkar were defeated.
8. Lord Lake captured Delhi and Agra and the Mughal emperor was put under Company’s protection.
9. Raja Ram Mohan Roy wrote the Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhiddin.
10. The first major rebellion in India by the native people against the British rule in India began in southern Kerala under Veluthambi, the Dalawa (diwan or Prime Minister) of Travancore in southern Kerala(1805).
11. The Fort William College in Calcutta in 1800 to train the English Civil Servants on the affairs of India.
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