British East India Company — Revision Notes

⚡ 30-Second Revision

- 1600: chartered commerce.
1757 Plassey
1764 Buxar: distinct confrontations.
1765: Diwani connects territory with fiscal resources.
1858: Company government → Crown government.

2-Minute Revision

Follow the revenue-force-concessions loop. A commercial privilege is not sovereignty, and a court's survival is not unrestricted autonomy. Bengal's transition required several stages. Administrative measures followed the acquisition of governing responsibilities; Crown transfer changed the authority exercising colonial rule.

5-Minute Revision

Classify five milestones as commercial, military, fiscal or governmental. Explain why Plassey and Diwani belong in different categories. Add a hypothetical dependent ruler who keeps a title but loses external autonomy, and state why a map of annexed territory alone misses that relationship.

Vyyuha Quick Recall

CPBDT = Charter, Plassey, Buxar, Diwani, Transfer: 1600, 1757, 1764, 1765, 1858.