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314 matches to East India Companies
Tippecanoe, Battle. 1811. US defeat Shawnee Indians. Ends Tecumseh power. Harrison.
Tipu Sahib. 1753-99. Indian Sultan of Mysore. Killed in Mysore War.
Tulsidas. c1543-1623. Indian religious poet. Ramcaritmanas 1574-6. Influenced Hindu culture.
Tupac Amaru. c1742-81. Peruvian Indian revolutionary vs Spanish rule 1780-1. Mutilated, drawn, quartered, beheaded.
Uncas. c1588-c1683. Founder, chief of Mohegan Indian tribe.
Vellore Mutiny. 1806. Indians resenting removal of caste markings kill 130 British soldiers.
Victoria. 1819-1901. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-. Empress of India 1876-. Colonial expansion. Strict moralist. Lost Hanover Crown by Salic Law.
Walking Purchase. 1737. Americans cheat Indians in buying Delaware land by running instead of walking to determine land size. French-Indian Wars 1754-63.
Wandiwash, Battle. 1760. British defeat French at Madras. French leave India.
Wellesley, Richard. 1760-1842. British Governor General to India 1798-1805. Expanded British power. Wellington’s brother.
Wounded Knee. 1890. 200 Sioux Indians massacred by US troops.
Wyoming Massacre. 1778. British Loyalists, Indians attack American settlement while men away in Washington’s army. 360 women, children killed.
Yakima Indian Wars. 1855-8. Indians resist move to reservations. Defeated by US troops.
Yazoo Land Fraud. 1795. Georgia sells Mississippi to 4 companies for $500K. Legislators all shareholders. Rescinded as unconstitutional 1796.