Not Given Fundamental Rights.

  Year Events Governor-General & Viceroy 1600-1650   1600- Charter by queen solely right to commerce in the east.   1608- Captain William Hawkins Reached Surat- Request Jahangir to give permission to business.   1609- Jahangir issued a Farman permitting English to establish a factory permanently at Surat.   1613- The English East India Company's factory was set up at Surat   1615- Sir Thomas Roe obtained two farmans from the Mughal Court confirming free trade with exemption from inland toll.   1616- The East India Company established its branch factory at Masulipatnam.   1632-Golden Farman issued by Sultan of Golkunda- with the right to trade in the kingdom of Golkunda for a fixed customs duty   1633- The eastern branch factory of East India Company was established in Hariharpur, Balasore   1639- The local king of Mad...

British Paramountcy followed two-fold approach for Expansion and Consolidation of British power in India  Policy of annexation by conquest or war Policy of annexation by diplomacy and administrative mechanism Under "Policy of annexation by diplomacy and administrative mechanism" head we would discuss three policies- Ring-fence Policy – Warren Hastings Subsidiary Alliance – Wellesley Doctrine of Lapse – Dalhousie The Policy of Ring-Fence:  Aimed at creating buffer zones to defend the Company’s frontiers, it was the policy of defence of their neighbors’ frontiers for safeguarding their own territories. This policy of Warren Hastings was reflected in his war against the Marathas and Mysore. To safeguard Company’s territories was from the Afghan invaders and the Marathas, the Company undertook to organise the defence of the frontiers of Awadh on the condition that that the Nawab would defray the expenses of the defending army. The states brou...