It is clear from the above that from the early nineteenth century the company pursued an aggressive policy of territorial expansion under lord hasting governor general from 1813 to 1823 a new policy of paramountcy was initiated now the company claimed that its authority was paramount or supreme hence its power was greater than that of Indian states in order to protect its interests it was justified in annexing or threatening to annex any Indian kingdom this. View continued to guide later British policies as well. This process however did not go unchallenged for example when the British tried to annex the small state of kitoor in Karnataka Today rani  channamma took to kitoor in Karnataka to arms and led an anti British resistance movement she was arrested in  1824 and died in prison in 1829 but tayanna a poor chowkidar of sangoil in kitoor carried on the resistance with popular support he destroyed many British camps and records hr was caught and hanged by the British in 1830 you with read more about several cases of resistance later in the book in the late 1830 the East India company became worried about Russia it imagined that Russia might expand across Asia and enter india from the north west Driven by this fear the British now wanted to secure their control over the north west they fought a prolonged war with Afghanistan between 1838 and 1842 and established indirect company rule there sind was taken over in 1843 next in line was punjab but the presence of maharaja Ranjit singh held back the company after his death in 1839 two prolonged ware were fought with the Sikh kingdom ultimately in 1849 punjab was annexed .