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___ received Vasco da Gama when he arrived at port of Calicut [1498].

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Zamorin, King of Calicut

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Initial capital of Portuguese

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Cochin

  • later shifted to Goa by Cunha
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First Governor of Portuguese in India

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Francisco Almedia

  • introduced the ‘policy of blue water’
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____ introduced policy of imperialism in India

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Albuquerque

  • arrived in 1503
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5
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First Portuguese factory was established here

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Calicut, Kerala

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Dutch lost to British in this battle.

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Battle of Bedera [1759]

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English East India Company was started by a group of merchants called ___.

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Merchant Adventures in 1599

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____ visited Jahangir’s court for permission to trade in India

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Sir Thomas Roe

  • ambassador of King James I
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9
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First factory of East India Company was set up here.

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Surat

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10
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The Danes arrived in India in 1616 and set up their establishment in ___ & ___.

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Tranquebar [Tamil Nadu] & Serampore [Bengal]

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French East India Company was set up by ____. The first was set up in ___ and then in ___.

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Colbert, Surat, Masulipatnam

  • under Louise XIV
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12
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___ & ___ revived the French power in India in 1700s.

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Lenoir & Dumas

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___ founded Hyderabad in 1724.

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Nizam-ul-Mulk

  • aka Chin Qilich Khan
  • supported British in Revolt of 1857
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Founder of Awadh.

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Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk

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15
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Haider defeated the British in this war.

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First Anglo-Mysore War, 1769

  • died in 2nd Anglo-Mysore War
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___ planted the Tree of Liberty in Srirangapatnam.

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Tipu Sultan

  • succeeded Haider Ali
  • member of Jacobian Club
  • died in 4th Anglo-Mysore War
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First Nawab of Bengal

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Murshid Quli Khan

  • transferred capital from Dacca to Murshidabad
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18
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This treaty was signed in 1757 between Robert Clive of the British East India Company, and the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daula

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The Treaty of Alinagar

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19
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The Black Hole Tragedy of 1756 occurred here.

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Fort William, Calcutta

  • Siraj ud-Daulah held British prisoners of war
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Siraj-ud-Daula lost to the British in this battle.

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Battle of Plassey, 1757

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21
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First British Governor of the Bengal

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Robert Clive

  • in 1765
22
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____ ended the dual system of Government in India in 1772

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Warren Hastings

  • first Governor-General of Bengal
23
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The first Carnatic war between these two armies ended in the treaty of ____.

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France & England

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

24
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The second Carnatic war ended in the treaty of ____.

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Treaty of Pondicherry / Godehu

25
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____ invented the Gurmukhi script for Punjabi language

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Guru Angad

26
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___ founded Amritsar.

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Guru Ramdas

27
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___ compiled the Adi Granth, a sacred scripture of Sikhism.

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Guru Arjun Dev

28
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___ organized the Khalsa community of warriors.

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Guru Gobind Singh

29
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First commissioner of Punjab

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John Lawrence

30
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___ first cited the Drain of Wealth Theory: the idea that Britain was draining and bleeding India for nothing.

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Dadabhai Naoroji

  • in ‘Poverty and un-British rule in India’
31
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____ was declared Shahenshah-i-Hindustan

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Bahadur Shah II

  • leader of Revolt in Delhi in 1857
32
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___ was the leader of the revolt against the British in Jhansi in 1857,

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Rani Lakshmi Bai

33
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The Revolt of 1857 was also known as:

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  • First war of Independence

- Sepoy mutiny

34
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Hasting and William Jones founded the ____.

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Asiatic Society of Bengal

35
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Father of Civil Services in India

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Lord Cornwallis

  • created the post of ‘District Judge’
36
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___ introduced the first charter act 1793

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John Shore

  • famous for policy of non-interference
37
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___ introduced the system of subsidiary alliance.

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Lord Wellesley

  • rulers of states had to pay subsidy to British
  • Nawab of Hyderabad was first to accept
38
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Father of Modern Western Education in India

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William Bentinck

  • first governor-general of India
  • abolished sati
39
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First medical college in India was opened here.

40
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Liberator of the press.

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Charles Metcalfe

41
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___ introduced the Doctrine of Lapse.

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Dalhousie

  • introduced the railways, postal system and telegraph in India
42
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First Viceroy of India

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Lord Canning

  • revolt of 1857
  • passed the Government of India Act 1858 which ended the rule of East India Company
43
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Income tax was introduced for the first time in ___.

44
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____ established the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

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Lord Mayo

  • only viceroy to be murdered in office
45
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First census of India was conducted in ___.

46
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____ passed the Vernacular Press Act 1878

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Lord Lytton

47
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Father of Local Self-Government in India

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Lord Ripon

48
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This bill was a controversial measure proposed in 1883 that allowed senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India.

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Ilbert Bill

49
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Archaeological Survey of India was founded by ____.

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Alexander Cunningham

50
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_____ was the Viceroy of India when Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on April 13, 1919.

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Lord Chelmsford

51
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Last governor general of free India

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C. Rajagopalachari

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