Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
This is a picture of a fort built by the British.
Write a short note on the establishment of British factories in India.
Advertisements
Solution
Sir Thomas Roe in 1615 got a Farman from Jahangir which allowed the British to set up a factory at Surat. The English set up factories at Surat, Agra, Ahmedabad Broach, Hooghly, Masulipatam, and Madras. They opened their first factory in the South at Masulipatam in A.D. 1639. In AD 1640 they established a factory at Hooghly.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Fill in the blanks:
In 1765, Awadh was returned to ________ but _________ and _________ were taken away and given to __________.
State whether the following is true or false:
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed between the British Company and Mir Qasim.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Name the British trading settlement in Madras
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Why did the British fortify their trade settlement in Calcutta?
In 1765 the British signed treaties with the Mughal emperor. Mention any two important terms of this treaty.
Jhansi was annexed by Dalhousie on the basis of the ______.
State whether the following is true or false:
The Subsidiary Alliance system was used by the British to bring Indian rulers under British control without any war.
State whether the following is true or false:
By 1856, the English East India Company had brought the whole of India under its control.
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?
