History of Indian Civilization - Indian Civilization [Lec 24]

History of Indian Civilization [Lec 24]; UCLA, Lecture of 7 March 2013. History of the Company to 1757--and then post-1757: Battle of Plassey; Mir Jafar, Clive, Mir Kasam, and Siraj-ud-daulah; the plunder of Bengal and scenes from the film, 'Clive of India' (1933);Warren Hastings and the expansion of British rule in India; the defeat of Tipu Sultan; the British rhetoric of 'improvement', the elimination of Sati, and Macaulay's minute of 2 February 1835; the Permanent Settlement under Cornwallis; some notes on the Marathas, on Ranjit Singh and the annexation of the Punjab; theories of British governance in India, and Utilitarianism; the migrations overseas of Indian indentured laborers; under-development and de-industrialization of India under colonial rule; the material and moral 'improvement' of the Indians. India'ssharp decline of the share of the world's GDP, 1750-1860. See the full playlist for “History of Indian Civilization”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy3KRgc0HE8B4neta_B8LPM0G9UWy-Cqe Subscribe for more lectures on Indian Civilization, World History, Bollywood, Gandhi, and much else... Blog: https://vinaylal.wordpress.com/ MANAS (a pedagogical website on Indian history, culture, religions, politics, and so on): http://southasia.ucla.edu/ UCLA Faculty Page: https://history.ucla.edu/faculty/vinay-lal Books: https://vinaylal.wordpress.com/books-by-vinay-lal/