Regional states of Punjab and Mysore | Complete Modern History Revision Series |UPPCS 2026#uppcs

Welcome to the Complete Modern History Revision Series for UPPCS Prelims 2026! ⚔️🦁 In this comprehensive lecture, we decode the conquest of the Regional States of Punjab and Mysore by the British East India Company. We break down the life, administration, and expansion of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the 12 Misls, the Treaty of Amritsar (1809), the Anglo-Sikh Wars, and Dalhousie’s annexation of Punjab alongside the Board of Three. We then pivot to South India to analyze the 4 Anglo-Mysore Wars under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, key treaties (Madras, Mangalore, Seringapatam), and high-frequency PYQ traps designed specifically for UPPCS & State PCS exams. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 VIDEO TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [00:00:00] Overview: Regional Expansion & Chronology of British Wars [00:01:10] The Sikh Empire: Core Themes & Exam Strategy [00:01:53] Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Birth at Gujranwala & Sukerchakia Misl [00:02:54] Rise to Power: Zaman Shah's Invasion, Capture of Lahore (1799) & Amritsar (1802) [00:04:02] Treaty of Amritsar (1809): Charles Metcalfe & Lord Minto I (Sutlej as Boundary) [00:05:34] RO/ARO PYQ Breakdown: River Sutlej Boundary & Frontier Expansion [00:06:38] Northwest Conquests: Multan, Kashmir & Peshawar (Kingdom Boundaries) [00:07:11] Civil Administration: Highest Court of Appeal (Adalat-i-Ala at Lahore) [00:07:44] Successors of Ranjit Singh: Kharak Singh to Maharaja Duleep Singh [00:08:30] First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46): Lord Hardinge I & Treaty of Lahore [00:08:51] Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49): Battle of Chillianwala & Dalhousie’s Annexation [00:09:34] Board of Three Administration (Henry & John Lawrence) & Exile of Duleep Singh [00:10:32] Kingdom of Mysore: Rise of Hyder Ali & Modern Dindigul Arsenal [00:11:08] First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–69): Harry Verelst, Hyder Ali’s Victory & Treaty of Madras [00:12:17] Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–84): Warren Hastings, Porto Novo & Treaty of Mangalore [00:13:22] Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–92): Lord Cornwallis & Treaty of Seringapatam [00:14:01] Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799): Lord Wellesley, Fall of Tipu Sultan & Jacobin Club [00:14:56] High-Frequency PYQ Traps: Koh-i-Noor (Shah Shuja), Battle of Pollilur & Misl Traps [00:17:17] Final Summary & Matching Table Revision Strategy ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💡 KEY EXAM TAKEAWAYS (UPPCS PRELIMS 2026) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Misl distinction: Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to the #UPPCS2026 #UPPCSPrelims #ModernIndianHistory #MaharajaRanjitSingh #AngloSikhWar #AngloMysoreWar #TipuSultan #UPPCS #UPPSC #ModernHistoryRevision