Question:
Why did the British want to grow the indigo plant in India?
Answer:
The indigo plant grows primarily in the tropics and this was the primary reason for the British to turn to India for the growth of the indigo plant. By the thirteenth century Indian indigo was being used by cloth manufacturers in Italy France and Britain to dye cloth.
The demand for Indian indigo grew, as European cloth manufacturers wanted only Indian Indigo as it produced a rich blue colour. Due to this demand the price of Indian indigo rose in the European market and mediated the British to grow more indigo in the Indian soil.
Another reason was the industrialisation of Britain as this resulted in the expansion of cotton production creating an enormous new demand for cloth dyes.
Indigo production in other countries began to decline and the demand for Indian Indigo increased in European countries. This demand made the East India Company to expand the area under indigo cultivation.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 2.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 3.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 4.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 5.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 7.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 9.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 10.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 11.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 12.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 13.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 14.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 15.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 16.
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Q 17.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 18.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 19.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 20.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 21.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 22.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 23.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 24.
How were historians able to write about the last 250 years of Indian history?
Q 25.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 26.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 27.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 28.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 29.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 30.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 31.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 32.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 33.
When did the British gain control of Delhi?
Q 34.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 35.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 36.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 37.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 38.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 39.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 40.
How were records preserved during the British rule?
Q 41.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 42.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 43.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 44.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 45.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 46.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 47.
When was the "Diwani" of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 48.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 49.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 50.
What happened to the Nawabs when the British established political power in India?
