SN Flashcards
When did Aurangzeb die?
In 1707
Who arrested Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons?
Captain Hodson
When did the East India Company acquire the charter of monopoly over trade with the East from Queen Elizabeth I of England?
In 1600
When did Vasco da Gama discover the sea route to India?
In 1498
Where was the first English factory established and when?
On the banks of river Hugli in 1651
When did the East India Company begin fortifying their settlement?
In 1696
Who granted the farman granting the East India Company the right to trade duty free?
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
Who was the Nawab of Bengal who protested against the Company’s arrogant refusal to pay duties?
Murshid Quli Khan
After the defeat of Plassey and the subsequent assassination of Sirajuddaulah, who succeeded his throne as the Nawab of Bengal?
Mir Jafar
Who took the place of a deposed Mir Qasim?
Mir Jafar
When was the Battle of Buxar fought?
In 1764
When did Mir Jafar die?
In 1765
When did the Mughal emperor appoint the Company as it’s Diwan of the provinces of Bengal?
In 1765
When did an 18 year old Robert Clive arrive in India (Madras)?
In 1743
When was Robert Clive appointed as the Governor of Bengal?
In 1764
When was the cross examination of Robert Clive on account of charges of corruption?
In 1772
When did Robert Clive commit suicide?
In 1774
When did the Company begin to appoint Residents in Indian states?
After the Battle of Buxar (1764)
What penalty followed when a state failed to make the payment for the “subsidiary forces”?
A part of their territory was taken away
For what time period did Richard Wellesley serve as the Governor General?
From 1798 to 1805
Who was the Nawab of Awadh at the time of the Battle of Buxar?
Nawab Shujauddaulah
When was the Nawab of Awadh penalised for failing to make the payment for the “subsidiary forces”?
In 1801
Haidar Ali of Mysore rules from _____ to _____.
From 1761 to 1782
Tipu Sultan ruled from _____ to ______.
From 1782 to 1799
What profitable trading coast was under Tipu Sultan of Mysore?
Malabar coast (pepper and cardamom trade)
When did Tipu Sultan of Mysore put sanctions on the Company disallowing it the export of pepper, cardamom and sandalwood?
In 1785
The First Anglo-Mysore war
1767-69
The second Anglo-Mysore war
1780-1784
The third Anglo-Mysore war
1790-92
The fourth Anglo-Mysore war
1799
What is the fourth Anglo-Mysore war also known as ?
The Battle of Seringapatam
When did Tipu Sultan die?
On 4 May 1799
In 1775, seven pandits were asked to compile a digest of Hindu laws. Who translated this digest into English?
N.B. Halhed
When was the code of Muslim laws compiled for the benefit of European judges?
In 1778
When was the Regulating Act passed
1773
When was the third battle of Panipat fought?
In 1761
When was the Treaty of Salbai concluded?
In 1782
The Second Anglo-Maratha war
1803-05
The Third Anglo-Maratha War
1817-19
After the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817-19, the Peshwa was removed and sent away to which place?
Bithur (near Kanpur)
Lord Hastings was the Governor General of India from _______ to ______.
1813 to 1823
When was Rani Channamma who resisted the annexation of Kitoor arrested?
In 1824 (She died in prison in 1829)
A poor chowkidar of Sangoli in Kitoor carried on the resistance against the British even after the arrest of Channamma Devi. What was his name?
Rayanna
When was Rayanna hanged ?
In 1830
When was Sind taken over by the East India Company?
In 1843
For which period of time did the struggle between the Company and Afghanistan last?
between 1838 and 1842
When did Maharaja Ranjit Singh die?
In 1839
When was Punjab annexed?
In 1849
Under which Governor General did the final wave of annexations occur in India?
Lord Dalhousie (1848 to 1856)
When did the kingdom of Satara “lapse”?
1848
When did the kingdom of Sambalpur lapse?
In 1852
When did the kingdom of Sambalpur lapse?
In 1850
When did the kingdom of Udaipur “lapse”?
In 1852
When did the kingdom of Nagpur “lapse”?
In 1853
When did the kingdom of Jhansi “lapse”?
In 1854
When did the Company finally took over Awadh?
In 1856
When did the British acquire Diwani from the Mughal emperor?
On 12 August 1765
When did the famine break out in Bengal
In 1770
When was the system of Permanent Settlement introduced?
In 1793
Who devised the mahalwari system?
Holt Mackenzie
When did the mahalwari system come into effect?
In 1822