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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the annexation of Awadh discuss:
The political scenario in India by 1856
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Solution
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.
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