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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Why did the British fortify their trade settlement in Calcutta?
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उत्तर
Siraj-ud-Daulah ordered the British to pay taxes to him like all other Indian merchants. The British refused to do so. This angered the young nawab. In anticipation of a war with the French, who had a trading settlement in Chandemagore, the British began to fortify Calcutta.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks:
Shah Alam II granted the Company the __________ of _________, _______ and ________ in 1765.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Name the British trading settlement in Calcutta
Match the Column:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Subsidiary Alliance | (a) Ruler of the Sikh kingdom |
| 2. Hyder Ali | (b) paramount power in India |
| 3. Ranjit Singh | (c) Ruler of Mysore |
| 4. The doctrine of Lapse | (d) Lord Wellesley |
| 5. English East India Company | (e) Lord Dalhousie |
State whether the following is true or false:
By 1856, the English East India Company had brought the whole of India under its control.
Answer the following question in one or two words/Sentences:
What happened when the administration of a subsidiary state collapsed?
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
How did the Subsidiary Alliance impact the economy?
Answer the following question briefly:
Dalhousie was a great expansionist and adopted a number of methods to build an all-India empire. In this context, answer the following question:
Mention the various methods adopted by Dalhousie and the territories annexed on the basis of these methods.
What was the method adopted by Lord Dalhousie to subjugate the Indian territories?
Did the Doctrine of Lapse method have an advantage for the Indian rulers? Why?
Answer the following question:
Explain the doctrine of Lapse. Name the other methods used by Lord Dalhousie to expand the British power in India.
