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| 296946013 | Kingdom of Mataram | Kingdom that controlled interior regions of java in the 17th century; Dutch east India company paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade in Batavia; weakness of king after 1670s allowed Dutch to exert control on java | 0 | |
| 296946014 | Sepoys | Troops that served the British India company recruited from various warlike peoples of India | 1 | |
| 296946015 | Raj | British political establishment in India developed as aresult of rivalry between France and Britain | 2 | |
| 296946016 | Plassey | battle in 1757 between troops of the British east India company and an Indian army under sirãj ud- duala, ruler of Bengal British victory resulted in control of northern India | 3 | |
| 296946017 | Robert Clive | Architect of british victory at plassey in 1757; established foundations of British Raj in northern India | 4 | |
| 296946018 | Presidencies | Three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, Bombay | 5 | |
| 296946019 | Princely states | Domains of Indian princes allied with the British raj; agents of east India company were stationed at the rulers courts to ensure compliance made up over 1/3 of the British Indian empire | 6 | |
| 296946020 | Nabobs | Name given to british representatives of east India company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation | 7 | |
| 296946021 | Lord Charles Cornwallis | Reformer of thr east India company administration of India in the 1790s; reduced power of local British administrators; checked widespread corruption | 8 | |
| 296946022 | Isandhlawana | Location of battle fought in 1879 b/w the British and Zulu armies in south Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories of African forces over western Europeans | 9 |
