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 were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 2.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 3.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 4.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 5.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 6.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 7.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 8.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 9.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 10.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 11.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 12.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 13.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 14.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 16.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 17.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 18.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 19.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 20.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 21.
When did the British gain control of Delhi?
Q 22.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 23.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 24.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 25.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 26.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 27.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 28.
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Q 29.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 30.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 31.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 32.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 34.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 35.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 36.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 37.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 38.
How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
Q 39.
How were records preserved during the British rule?
Q 40.
What happened to the Nawabs when the British established political power in India?
Q 41.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 42.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 43.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 44.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 45.
What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Q 46.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 47.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 48.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 49.
What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?
Q 50.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
