Page 2 - Lesson-Std-8 Ch-2-SubTopic-3-War with the Marathas

Setting up a New
Administration 1. Warren Hastings (The Governor-General from 1773 to 1785)
played a significant role in the expansion of Company power.
2. British territories were broadly divided into administrative units
called Presidencies. There were three Presidencies: Bengal,
Madras and Bombay.

3. Each was ruled by a Governor and the supreme head of the
administration was the Governor General.
4. From 1772, a new system of justice was established. Each
district was to have two courts

- A Criminal Court (faujdari adalat)
- A Civil Court (diwani adalat)

5. The criminal courts were under a qazi and a mufti but under the
supervision of the collectors.

6. The main job of the collector was to collect revenues and taxes
and maintain law & order in his district with the help of judges,
police officers and darogas.

The Company 1. From the 1820s, the cavalry requirements of the Company’s
Army
armies declined because the British Empire was fighting in
Burma, Afghanistan and Egypt where soldiers were armed with

muskets and matchlocks.
2. In the early nineteenth century the British began to develop a
uniform military culture.

3. The soldiers were given European-style training and were
subjected to drill and discipline.