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Towards the Princes, Canning adopted a policy of “punishing resistance and rewarding obedience”. Comment.

  • UPSC 2000
  • Indian Response to British Rule

Lord Canning's handling of the Indian princes during and after the Revolt of 1857 was a calculated exercise in political discrimination — loyalty was to be conspicuously rewarded and resistance conspicuously punished, and this dual logic became the foundation of British princely policy for the rest of colonial rule.

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  • Punishing Resistance
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  • The Structural Shift: From Annexation to Alliance
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