NCERT Class 8th History Notes Part 2:-
1. Murshid Quli Khan -> Alivardi Khan -> Sirajuddaulah – as the Nawab of Bengal
2. Battle of Plassey fought between nawab of Bengal Sirajuddaulah – Robert Clive
3. Who became the Nawab of Bengal after Sirajuddaulah defeat -Mir Jafar
4. Battle of Buxar (1764) – British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula and Shah Alam II
5. Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the Diwan of of Bengal – In 1765
6. Tipu Sultan (ruled from 1782 to 1799) modernised his army with the help of – French
7. First Anglo-Mysore War – 1767-69
8. Second Anglo-Mysore War – 1780-84
9. Third Anglo-Mysore War – 1790-92
10. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War – 1799
11. Capital of Mysore Kingdom – Seringapatam
12. Third Battle of Panipat – 1761
13. First Anglo-Maratha War 1775–1782
14. Second Anglo-Maratha War – 1803–1805
15. Third Anglo-Maratha War – 1817–1819
16. Who started the policy of “paramountcy” – Lord Hastings
17. Who revolted against British in Kitoor (in Karnataka today) – Rani Channamma
18. Who started The Doctrine of Lapse – Lord Dalhousie who was the Governor-General from 1848 to 1856
19. Doctrine of Lapse – if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would “lapse”.
20. Which kingdom was annexed first using The Doctrine of Lapse – Satara (1848).