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Advent Of Europeans Flashcards

1
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Capture of Constantinople

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1453

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Who captured Constantinople?

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Ottoman Turks

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Vasco da Gama discovered Sea Route to India in?

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1498

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Vasco’s second visit in _____ led to the establishment of trading stations at?

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1502, Calicut, Cochin and Cannanore

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Who was the first Portuguese governor?

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Francisco De Almeida (1505-09)

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Francisco De Almeida initiated the ___ policy?

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Blue Water Policy or Cartaze System

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7
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Who is considered to be the founder of Portuguese power in India?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque (1509 to 1515)

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Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from?

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Bijapur

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9
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Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Bhatkal from?

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Sri Krishna Devaraya

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Who initiated the policy of marrying with the natives of India?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque

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Which Portuguese governor banned the practice of Sati?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque

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Which Portuguese governor shifted the capital from Cochin to Goa in 1530?

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Nino De Cunha(1529-1538)

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Diu and Bassein came under the Portuguese occupation under?

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Nino De Cunha

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Diu and Bassein were taken into Portuguese occupation from?

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Gujarat King Bahadur Shah

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Who was killed in 1537 at Diu while negotiating with the Portuguese?

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Bahadur Shah

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16
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The Dutch East India Company was formed in?

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March 1602

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The Dutch East India Company was formed by?

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The Charter of the Dutch Parliament

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18
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The Dutch EIC had the power to?

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wage wars, make treaty and build forts

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19
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1605

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Machilipatnam Dutch Factory

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20
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1616

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Pulicat Dutch Factory

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21
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1616

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Surat Dutch Factory

22
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1641

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Bhimilipatnam Dutch Factory

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1645

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Karaikas Dutch Factory

24
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1653

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Chinsurah Dutch Factory

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1658
Kasimbazar, Baranagore, Patna, Balasore and Nagapatnam Dutch Factories
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1663
Cochin Dutch Factory
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The English defeated the Dutch in the?
Battle of Bidara 1759
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English EIC company was formed in?
1600
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English EIC was formed by?
Charter Issued by Queen Elizabeth I
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The charter by Queen Elizabeth gave the English EIC
Monopoly to trade in the East Indies for 15 years
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The English established their first factory at ____ in ____.
Surat in 1613
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The factory at Surat was established by?
Captain Thomas Best's victory over the Portuguese in 1612
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Sir Thomas Roe secured permission from Jahangir to establish factories at?
Agra, Ahmedabad and Broach
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Bombay came under the English EIC by?
When Charles II leased it to the English for an annual rent of £10
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Madras was given to the English by _____ in ____.
Chandragiri in 1639
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_____ replaced Masulipatnam as the English headquarters in the East Coast.
Madras
37
Fort St George is located at?
Madras
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The city of Calcutta grew from the development of three villages. List them.
Sutanati, Gobindpur and Kalikata
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Fort William is located at?
Calcutta
40
_____ became the seat of British power in India till 1911.
Fort William
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Farruksiyar's Farman was issued in which year?
1717
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Which document is called the Magna Carta of the English EIC?
Farruksiyar's Farman
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Farruksiyar's Farman gave the English EIC significant privileges in?
Bengal, Gujarat and Hyderabad
44
The French EIC was founded in?
1664
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Pondicherry was granted to the French EIC by ____ in ____.
Valikondapuram Governor Sher Khan Lodi in 1673
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The First Carnatic War took place in which years?
1740 to 1748
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Which treaty was signed at the end of the First Carnatic War?
The Treaty of Aix La Chapelle
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The Second Carnatic War took place between?
1749 to 1754
49
The Battle of Wandiwash took place in?
1760-61
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The Third Carnatic War took place in?
1758-1763
51
the Third Carnatic War ended with the treaty of?
Treaty of Paris (1763)
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under the treaty of Paris, the French were allowed to?
use Indian settlements for commercial purposes only and fortification of Settlements were banned

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