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British Annexation of Malwa
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Durbar was protection against each other. Consequently on 22 August 1811 another proclamation was made by the British government 'for the purpose of ameliorating the condition of the community' which had suffered from the rapacity of the Malwai chiefs; the proclamation authorized interference when the Sardars took the law in their own hands. Thus within two or three years the British enhanced their status from a protecting to a sovereign power. Malwa was virtually annexed and became a pan of British India and the Malwais became mere spectators of the military achievements of the independent Puajabi state. The treaty did at first assure the Durbar of a safe eastern frontier and was a guarantee of non-intervention in the Durbar's plans to extend its territories in other directions, but even that hope proved later to be somewhat illusory. When the British were ready for farther conquests they used thls very treaty to thwart the Durbar's moves against Sindh, the north, and north-west.
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Durbar was protection against each other. Consequently on 22 August 1811 another proclamation was made by the British government 'for the purpose of ameliorating the condition of the community' which had suffered from the rapacity of the Malwai chiefs; the proclamation authorized interference when the Sardars took the law in their own hands. Thus within two or three years the British enhanced their status from a protecting to a sovereign power. Malwa was virtually annexed and became a pan of British India and the Malwais became mere spectators of the military achievements of the independent Puajabi state. The treaty did at first assure the Durbar of a safe eastern frontier and was a guarantee of non-intervention in the Durbar's plans to extend its territories in other directions, but even that hope proved later to be somewhat illusory. When the British were ready for farther conquests they used thls very treaty to thwart the Durbar's moves against Sindh, the north, and north-west.
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