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‘The revolution of 1760 (Bengal) was really no revolution.’ Comment

  • UPSC 1987
  • British Expansion in India

The "revolution of 1760" refers to the Company's replacement of Mir Jafar by Mir Kasim as Nawab of Bengal — an event that changed the throne's occupant but arguably nothing more fundamental.

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  • Why Mir Jafar Fell
  • The Case That It Was "No Revolution"
  • The Case for Some Genuine Change

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