Question:
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Answer:
The battle of Plassey took place on 23 June 1757 at Palashi, West Bengal, India, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River. The opponents were Siraj Ud Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, and the British East India Company.
The French East India Company sent a small contingent to fight against the British East India Company. The British East India Company used Siraj-ud-Daulahs deposed army chief
Mir Jafar, to defeat Siraj- ud-Daulah. Siraj-ud-Daulah was captured and executed. The Company won the battle and took the entire province of Bengal and appointed Mir Jafar as the Nawab of Bengal.
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Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 2.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 3.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 4.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
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 account of Tantia Tope.
Q 7.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 8.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 10.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
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Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 12.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 13.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
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Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 15.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
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What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 17.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 18.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 19.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 20.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 21.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 22.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 23.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
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Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 25.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 26.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 27.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 28.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 29.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 30.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 31.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 32.
What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
Q 33.
How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
Q 34.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 36.
When was the 'Diwani' of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 37.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 38.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 39.
What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?
Q 40.
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports?
Q 41.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 42.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 43.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 44.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 45.
Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?
Q 46.
What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
Q 47.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 48.
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Q 49.
What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?
Q 50.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
