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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the annexation of Awadh discuss:
The political scenario in India by 1856
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उत्तर
By 1856 the English East India Company had brought the whole of India under its control of the British. The British had eliminated all their rivals and established themselves as the paramount power in India.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks:
In 1765, Awadh was returned to ________ but _________ and _________ were taken away and given to __________.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Name the British trading settlement in Madras
This picture portrays a momentous event in 1765, involving a British Governor and a Mughal emperor wherein the Mughal emperor is conveying the grant of the Diwani to the governor.
What is the significance of this grant of the Diwani?
Fill in the blanks:
The Governors-General during the First and Second Anglo-Maratha Wars were _____________ and ____________, respectively.
Choose the correct answer:
After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the British placed a descendant of Shivaji on the throne of _______.
State whether the following is true or false:
The adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II was denied the pension that his father used to get from the British.
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the Subsidiary Alliance System perfected by Lord Wellesley, answer the following:
Why did Indian rulers sign the Subsidiary Alliance? State two important military terms and conditions imposed on the Indian rulers by this treaty.
With reference to the Subsidiary Alliance System perfected by Lord Wellesley, answer the following:
Discuss the disastrous effects of the Subsidiary Alliance on the Indian states.
Match the contents of Column A and Column B:
| Column A |
Column B |
| 1. 1767-1769 | (a) Regulating Act passed |
| 2. 1773 | (b) British expansion under Lord Dalhousie |
| 3. 1803 | (c) Punjab annexed to British Empire |
| 4. 1845 | (d) First Anglo-Sikh war |
| 5. 1849 | (e) First Anglo-Mysore War |
| 6. 1848-1856 | (f) Treaty of Bassein |
Answer the following question:
What were the results of the First Anglo-Mysore War?
