Morgan Tsvangirai vs Richard Wellesley

Tsvangirai founded the MDC as a trade union-backed opposition party to challenge Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF. The party quickly became the main opposition in Zimbabwe.

Tsvangirai won the first round of the presidential election with 47.9% of the vote against Mugabe's 43.2%. However, he withdrew from the runoff due to widespread violence against his supporters.

Tsvangirai became Prime Minister in a power-sharing government with Robert Mugabe, following the disputed 2008 election. The Government of National Unity aimed to resolve the political and economic crisis.

Tsvangirai lost the presidential election to Robert Mugabe, receiving 34% of the vote against Mugabe's 61%. The MDC alleged widespread fraud, but the result was upheld by the courts.

Tsvangirai died of colon cancer at the age of 65. His death was a major blow to the opposition movement in Zimbabwe, leaving a leadership vacuum in the MDC.

Wellesley formalized the Subsidiary Alliance system, requiring Indian states to accept British troops and a British resident in exchange for protection. States like Hyderabad, Mysore, and the Maratha Peshwa accepted these alliances, effectively making them British protectorates and expanding British influence without direct rule.

Richard Wellesley was appointed Governor-General of India in 1798. He pursued an aggressive policy of territorial expansion through the Subsidiary Alliance system, which brought many Indian states under British control without direct annexation.

Wellesley ordered the invasion of Mysore in 1799, leading to the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. British forces captured Seringapatam and killed Tipu Sultan. The kingdom was divided, with the British taking direct control of large territories and restoring the Wodeyar dynasty as a client state.

Wellesley launched the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, defeating the Maratha Confederacy in a series of battles including Assaye and Laswari. The war resulted in the British gaining control of Delhi, Agra, and large parts of central India, and the Maratha Peshwa becoming a British dependent.