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‘The treaty of Bassein, by its direct and indirect operations, gave the Company the Empire of India.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 1993
  • British Expansion in India

This assessment credits a single 1802 agreement with effectively deciding India's political future — a claim worth testing against what the treaty actually did and what followed it.

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  • The Treaty's Direct Operations
  • The Treaty's Indirect Operations
  • Qualifying the Claim

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