Appsc material- AP History- Establishment of British rule

First people to come to Andhra were Dutch in 1605. With the permission of Quli Qutub shah they estb trading centres at Machilipatnam, Pulicot.
English came to Andhra in 1611. Their ship was Globe and Captain Hippon. Their trading centres- Machilipatnam.,Pulicot, Armugam(Nellore), Madras.
St. George Fort was built in Madras in 1639 with the help of Damerla Venkatadri(governor of Chandragiri).

The Nizam of Hyderabad, Salabath Jung, came to power with the help of French Commander Bussee. He gave Rs 24 lacs as military expenditure and  Northern Circars to the French.

Battle of Bobbili( (1757):
Vijayanagara zamindar Vijayaramaraju with the help of Bussee killed Bobbili zamindar Peda Ranga Rao.
Thandra Paparayudu(his title-Bobbili Bebbuli ) , bro-in-law of Ranga Rao killed Vijayaramaraju.

Anandagajapatiraju s/o Vijayaramaraju came to power . Bussee forced him to pay taxes. He asked English to occupy northern circars. Robert Clive sent Col. Ford to occupy northern circars.


 1758- Kasimkota agreement: Taxes were collected by Anandagajapati and sea ports were given to the English

Bussee appointed Conplans to look after northern circars and went to Madras to participate in the 3rd Carnatic war

1758- Battle of Chandurthi: Anandagajapatiraju and Col. Ford fought against French. Conplans was defeated and northern circars came under English.

1759-Treaty of Machilipatnam: Salabath jung with the British
Sal;abath Jung's brother Nizam Ali Khan occupied Hyderabad when he went to make treaty with the British. Salabath jung was imprisoned.
Nizam Ali Khan did not accept Treaty of Machilipatnam.
The British officer  John Fybus sent a mediator Kandregula Jogipantulu(dubhashi) to the court of Nizam Ali Khan. The Nizam was forced to give Northern Circars to British and they paid him Rs 15 lacs every year.

Lord Wellesley intoduces Subsidiary Alliance in 1798. Nizam Ali Khan was the first ruler to accept it.
Ceded districts- Bellary, Kurnool, Cuddapah, Annatapur were given to British.
1st collector of ceded dists- Thomas Munro. He spoke in Telugu.
With the help of Reed he introduced Ryotwari system.
 With the help of Campbell he suppressed palegars.