British Wars

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Popular Revolution (1827-9)

Background

-in 1796-7 major revolutionary moment

-Hoche landing on Irish soil, and United Irishmen sweeping over large swathes of Ireland

-in War of the French Revolution (1792-1804) > Great Irish Rebellion (1796-9)

-major panic in the Bank of England and a run which vaporizes most of its gold reserves

-with hyperinflation the result

-an "Anti-Reform" act which ignores inflation when it comes to the electoral franchise

-the frontbench of the Foxite Whigs deposed into the Tower of London

-after Fox toasts to "Our Sovereign, the Majesty of the People"

-the French landing a fleet at Dundee declaring a "Scottish Republic" under Thomas Muir, before it collapses

-the Nore and Spithead mutinies and the Floating Republic

-a "United Briton" rising in the north of England, but with little popular support

-in the end, this comes to nought because of

-disorganization among the revolutionaries

-and army being called in and crushing it brutally


-next moment is the panic over Heads of British Isles > 1797-1814 Henry Addington (Tory) amending Toleration Act in 1806

-requires several oaths of loyalty from Dissenters which are very extreme

-because they're viewed as body of Dissent

-results in Dissenter backlash and notably Methodist alienation from government

-though clergy declare loyalty to government it's greatly weakened among laity

-Dissenting Deputies being very moderate means they lay underground

-in Ireland Daniel O'Connell establishes Religious Liberty Board and intends on convening delegates from whole nation of Ireland

-sees delegates elected from Britain as well

-before they meet, arrested and destroyed

-movement crushed and forced to reorganize

-but does tie Dissent to radicalism more strongly


-then there's formation of Hampden Clubs in 1814

-seeking to put pressure on Heads of British Isles > 1814-1815 Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira (Ministry of All Talents [led by Whigs]), Major Cartwright organizes movement

-calls for free and equal parliaments, expansion of toleration, and end of repression

-with Year Without A Summer it greatly strengthens among working classes

-in 1817 attempts to form a convention but ends with mass arrests

-in 1818 the Birmingham Hampden Club makes decision to invite various leaders to speak

-in mass rallies they are convened and they do so

-culminating in the "election" of "legislative attorneys" to represent Birmingham in Parliament

-state decides to crackdown in Newhall Hill and result is brutal Birmingham Massacre (1818)

-result is new era of national suppression which only gets more extreme

Revolution itself

-rise of new radical movement when Second French War (1821-32) escalates into a general European war from 1824 onwards

-comes with a large economic downturn which sees rise of workerist activity

-as 1824 turns to 1825 dissent increases, new rise of political clubs

-excitement at France only increases this

-Lives of Great Britons > Samuel Whitbread toasts to "Our Sovereign, the Majesty of the People"

-and gets arrested which he accepts

-Ireland suffering from famine helped by Corn Law sees Daniel O'Connell arrested for his condemnations of this and sent to the Old Bailey

-his supporters organize the Clontarf rally in defiance of the government, ending with mass slaughter


-in 1827 there is a naval mutiny and rebellious sailors elect Lord Cochrane as "President of the Delegates of the Fleet"

-this mutiny spreads to other parts of the navy

-this results in riots in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol

-and soldiers refuse to fire upon the rioters and instead join them

-this Floating Republic creeps towards London, and after defeating loyalist ships it kicks off riots

-riots successful, Lives of Great Britons > Samuel Whitbread freed from jail, Old Bailey destroyed

-Heads of British Isles > 1824-1827 Frederick I flees the UK and regime deposed

General Description

-longstanding tensions from Heads of British Isles > Frederick I, fmr. Duke of York reign

-and French Wars > Second French War (1821-32)

-mob emerges and frees Lives of Great Britons > Samuel Whitbread from his jail

-band of Whigs assembles in St. James' Palace and convenes a Convention Parliament to decide on the questions of the day

-convention writes Charter and Frame and selects Heads of British Isles > 1828-1839 Henry Vassall-Fox, Baron Holland (Whig) as Chief Magistrate

Opium Expedition (1853-4)

-opium trade greatly escalates thanks to British Wars > New Granadine War of Independence (1848-52)

-Manila used as opium entrepot during it

-results in smugglers seeing their opium destroyed

New Granadine War of Independence (1848-52)

British Raj Wars

Zaman Shah Durrani's invasion of India (1800-1)

-Fourth Battle of Panipat (1801)


-ends with Anglo-Maharashtrian-Hyderabadi alliance turning him back


Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1800-3)

-Siege of Seringapatam (1803)


-end as OTL


First Anglo-Hyderabadi War (1804-7)


-kicked off by British attempt to kick off Captain Raymond going awry


First Anglo-Nepalese War (1813-16)


First Anglo-Burmese War (1825-9)

-Fall of Chittagong (1826)

-Invasion of eastern Bengal (1826-8)

-with threat of invasion at Calcutta forcing troops to be called in there

-army advances into eastern Bengal, successfully taking Dhaka

-in British Raj chaos following British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9) means Burma advances yet further

-Fall of Calcutta (1828)

-rest of Bengali administration falls apart in short succession

-British essentially concede loss of Bengal

-and nawabate becomes puppet under Burmese authority

Popular Revolution disarray (1827-35)

-crisis in Britain devolves onto white soldiers, who mutiny against their commanders

-after their commanders try to declare loyalty to Guelphs

-causes spread of mutinies to brown sepoys

-who are long pissy about defeats at hands of Burmese

-a number of princes grab British land, effectively declare independence


-Bengal

-Titumir, a Wahhabi peasant rebel, rebels against British authorities and this intensifies

-with Burma winning war smashingly, it forms a quasi-state

-however, as it increases, its Wahhabi nature brings it into conflict with Hindu peasants and it destroys several Hindu temples

-gets crushed in 1830s as its rigid Wahhabi rules lose support from peasants

-additionally Jungle Mahals establish independence in this era

-under Ganga Narayan

-lasts quite a while


-Bihar

-the various zamindars establish independence

-this guy becomes leading maharaja of Bihar

-and engages in program of empire-building over Bihar

-crowns himself Nawab of Bihar


-Northern Circars

-mass mutiny of officers

-establish a quasi-state

-however, gets crushed by sea and by officers moving from Hyderabad


-Oudh

-sees massive disarray among soldiers and all

-causes the Nawab to grab land from nearby areas in name of security


-Mysore

-Fateh Hyder escapes Calcutta when being shuffled out upon his fall

-making his way down to Mysore, declared king by rebelling troops

-indeed, the whole Wodeyar dynasty overthrown

-the new state successfully deflects a Maharashtrian invasion


-Maharashtra

-kicks out British regiment

-sends army to take over territories in Ceded and Conquered Territories

-takes Aligarh

-but broadly dominated by Scindia, Holkar

-in the end, confirms alliance with British

-with broad claims ensured by treaty


-rebellions in Gwalior, Indore, latter falls out of British rule for a while and stirs up trouble

-loses Nepal hold

-Tanjore restored, Carnatic gets back some land


-in the end, there's a bad decline in British rule

-but retained

-also there are rebellions in Bengal, particularly its east, that get crushed

-with some of them Wahhabi-influenced

Fifth Anglo-Mysore War (1837-40)

-renewed Mysore enacts period of modernity

-alliance with the French restored

-having reestablished order, both British and Maharashtrians agree to actions against it

-war is a brutal affair but ends up with Mysore totally crushed

Anglo-Nagpuri War (1841-3)

-Nagpur refuses to recognize authority of Peshwa and maintains independence from British

-both British and Maharashtrians decide they need to subjugate it

-ensuing war leads to it crushed hard

-Nagpur formally bends the knee to Maharashtra and Orissa divided between British and Maharashtrians

Second Anglo-Burmese War (1847-9)

-Burma had gigantic war with Siam in alliance with Vietnam (1833-9), ends up with Siam defeated with much difficulty (and independence of Lao states)

-British officers in Orissa quite intent on redeeming the loss of Bengal

-intentionally they decide to storm the border which causes a war

-war goes quite well for British

-but with British forces mired in war with Spain, Burma launches a war to secure new recognition of its NE India claims

-but Burma hammered hard, loses Bengal and for good measure Arakan

-does get to keep NE India but suddenly it's in a much more fragile position

First Anglo-Bihari War (1853-4)

-a jagirdar of a swathe of Bihar declares independence

-British officers sponsor this

-results in war with Bihar

-defeats its Nawab, forces him to accept the presence of a British garrison

-in years that follows, British seek to expand influence up the Ganges again

Second Anglo-Bihari War (1854-5)

-Bihar attempts to get rid of its British garrison

-though it does for a bit British troops make quick work of it

Second Anglo-Nepalese War (1859-62)

-annexation of the Terai

-brought under British overlordship

Second Anglo-Hyderabadi War (1865-7)

-Hyderabad defeated and made a princely state

Punitive Expedition to Ujjain (1872-3)

-expansion of cotton plantations in Maharashtra results in peasants forced off their land going northwards into Ujjain

-to stop their expansion this results in Ujjaini troops marching southwards to destroy cotton plantations

-the British and Maharashtrians decide to use this as a cassus belli and launch punitive expedition

-expedition successfully forces surrender

-afterwards border secured, and Ujjain becomes British protectorate

Punjabi Revolution (1883-90)

-Patiala Rebellion (1883)

-Pahari insurgency (1883-9)


Hindustani War of Independence (1936-9)

-huge, gory war where princes torn to bits by their subjects and British flatten many villages

-kicked off with a British general ordering the destruction of Patna to teach Indians a lesson

-after a mass protest there

-turns the peaceful Hindustani nationalist movement into a warlike movement overnight

-with Heads of British Isles > 1938-1949 Edwin Montagu (Radical-Democratic-Cooperative - "Radical") † peace negotiated and signed


-Fifth Battle of Panipat (1938)

-colossal battle which sees Delhi fall to Hindustani forces

Andhra Revolution (1937-1941)

-Joint Anglo-Maharashtrian Expedition (1943)