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Question
State any two consequences of the disbanding of the armies of the annexed States by the British.
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Solution
- The dissolution of the Nawab of Awadh’s army and administration threw thousands of nobles, officials, and soldiers out of jobs.
- The British confiscated the estates of the taluqdars or zamindars. The dispossessed taluqdars became the opponents of British rule.
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