Introduction Vijayanagara, which means "city of victory," was both a city and an empire. In the fourteenth century, the empire was created. It once spanned from the Krishna river in the north to the peninsula's extreme south. In 1565, the city was sacked and afterwards abandoned. Although it was demolished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it survived in the minds of residents of the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. They called it Hampi, after the native mother deity Pamp

Background The company's licences expired in 1780, but this occurred during the American Revolutionary War crisis, postponing a British government decision until 1784. Due to King George III's influence, Charles James Fox proposed a bold effort to shift power from British India to seven commissioners, but it was rebuffed in the House of Lords. However, the next year, the youngest Prime Minister William Pitt's proposed an India Act of 1784 to resolve the situation. Key Feature

History and Background The Act was the British Parliament's statute of governing control of Indian Colonies of British East India Company. ( Mostly in Bengal ) It was the British government's first action in the company's territorial affairs and the start of a takeover process that would last until 1858. The Regulating Act was established in response to the company's mismanagement of its Bengal holdings, which was brought to a head by the possibility of collapse and the compa

The British Takeover of Bengal Bengal's revolution was precipitated by a variety of unique circumstances. In 1755, the British dispatched Clive and his army to Madras because of the approaching Seven Years' War. Bengal's succession issues, combined with British mercantile inefficiency, precipitated a crisis at a time when the French in south India were still awaiting French reinforcements. The Nawab Of Bengal Ali Vardi Khan, Bengal's nawab and de facto ruler died in April 175