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‘Dalhousie changed the map of India with speed and thoroughness no campaign could equal.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 2001
  • British Expansion in India

Lord Dalhousie's eight years as Governor-General (1848–56) reshaped more of India's political map than any single military campaign before or since, through a combination of annexation and modernisation pursued with unusual speed.

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  • Speed and Method of Territorial Change
  • Thoroughness Beyond Annexation
  • The Cost of Speed and Thoroughness

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