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Q65
(IAS/2000)
History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › British policies and administration
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The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of
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The last major extension of British Indian territory was the annexation of Upper Burma under Lord Dufferin. Dufferin ordered the invasion and final annexation of Upper Burma in 1885, culminating in the Third Anglo‑Burmese War and the incorporation of the Konbaung dominions into the Indian Empire [1]. King Thibaw surrendered in November 1885 and his dominions were annexed soon after, marking the final large territorial addition to British India [2]. Earlier major annexations occurred under Lord Dalhousie (1848–56), who expanded British control considerably through the Doctrine of Lapse and other measures, but these predated Dufferin’s 1885 annexation of Upper Burma [3].
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- [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 5: Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India > Third Burma War (1885) > p. 127
- [2] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 10: India And Her Neighbours > Conquest of Burma > p. 173
- [3] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 5: Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India > Annexed Lapsed States > p. 125
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