Question:
What did British historians in India write about?
Answer:
British historians in India wrote about the Governor Generals and Viceroys who ruled India. Their History books contained the activities, policies and achievements of the Governor Generals and nothing more. All the recorded events with specific dates were linked to the lives of these Governor Generals.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 2.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 3.
How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?
Q 4.
What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?
Q 5.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 6.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 7.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 8.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 9.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 10.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 11.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 12.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 13.
During the Mughal rule what was the status of the Diwan?
Q 14.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 15.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 16.
Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.
Q 17.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 18.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 19.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 20.
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
Q 21.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 22.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 23.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 24.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 25.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 26.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 27.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Q 28.
How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?
Q 29.
Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?
Q 30.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 31.
What were the disadvantages of the ryotwari system?
Q 32.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 33.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 34.
Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?
Q 35.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 36.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 37.
How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
Q 38.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 39.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 41.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 42.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 43.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 45.
What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Q 46.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 47.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 48.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 49.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 50.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
