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Question
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 |
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Solution
| Column A |
Column B |
| 1. 1767-1769 | (e) First Anglo-Mysore War |
| 2. 1773 | (a) Regulating Act passed |
| 3. 1803 | (f) Treaty of Bassein |
| 4. 1845 | (d) First Anglo-Sikh war |
| 5. 1849 | (c) Punjab annexed to British Empire |
| 6. 1848-1856 | (b) British expansion under Lord Dalhousie |
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