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India Map 1779 CE — Historical Map & Timeline

A commercial corporation turns revenue, armies and alliances into expanding colonial power.

The interactive map shows the atlas’s nearest drawn reconstruction (c. 1793 CE). Frontiers moved in between, so use the list of powers below for 1779 CE.

Who ruled India in 1779 CE?

In 1779 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 10 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.

What happened in India around 1779 CE?

Historical Events & Sourced Records (1779 CE)

Mysore and Maratha wars decide the Company’s military position

Four Anglo-Mysore wars and three Anglo-Maratha wars broke the strongest organised checks on Company expansion in southern and western India. Victory depended on Indian sepoys, allies, credit and diplomacy as well as European military techniques.

Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan and successive Maratha leaders pursued their own alliances and modernisation projects. The Company’s eventual dominance was cumulative, expensive and repeatedly uncertain.

Source: Britannica: East India Company

1779 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: कंपनी राज

1779 ईस्वी का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा कंपनी राज के समय का भारत दिखाता है। एक व्यापारिक कंपनी राजस्व, सेना और संधियों से औपनिवेशिक सत्ता बन जाती है।

1779 ईस्वी में भारत पर किसका शासन था? मुग़ल साम्राज्य, मराठा स्वराज्य और साम्राज्य, ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी का शासन, हैदराबाद रियासत (निज़ाम), मैसूर राज्य, मेवाड़, अहोम राज्य, पुर्तगाली भारत, त्रावणकोर, अवध।

1779 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Mughal Empire, Maratha Swarajya and Empire, East India Company rule. Ye Company Raj ka daur tha.