Question:
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Answer:
The British wanted Delhi to forget its Mughal past. The area around the Fort was completely cleared of gardens, pavilions and mosques. No worship was allowed in the Jama Masjid for five years.
One-third of the city was demolished, and its canals were filled up. In the 1870s, the western walls of Shahjahanabad were broken to establish the railway and to allow the city to expand beyond the walls. After 1911 Delhi became the capital of British India.
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.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 6.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 7.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 8.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 9.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 10.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 11.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 12.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 13.
During the Mughal rule what was the status of the Diwan?
Q 14.
Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.
Q 15.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 16.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
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.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 26.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 27.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 28.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Q 29.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 30.
How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?
Q 31.
Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?
Q 32.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 33.
What were the disadvantages of the ryotwari system?
Q 34.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 35.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 36.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 37.
Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?
Q 38.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 39.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 40.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 41.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 42.
How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
Q 43.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 44.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 46.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 47.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 48.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 49.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
