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प्रश्न
This picture portrays a momentous event in 1765, involving a British Governor and a Mughal emperor wherein the Mughal emperor is conveying the grant of the Diwani to the governor.
What is the significance of this grant of the Diwani?
उत्तर
The significance of granting the company the Diwani i.e. the right to collect revenue from these provinces and judge civil cases.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks:
In 1765, Awadh was returned to ________ but _________ and _________ were taken away and given to __________.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Name the Indian signatories of the Treaty of Allahabad.
In 1765 the British signed treaties with The Nawab of Awadh. Mention any two important terms of this treaty.
Fill in the blanks:
The Governors-General during the First and Second Anglo-Maratha Wars were _____________ and ____________, respectively.
Fill in the blank:
Dalhousie annexed Awadh on the grounds of ____________.
Match the Column:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Subsidiary Alliance | (a) Ruler of the Sikh kingdom |
| 2. Hyder Ali | (b) paramount power in India |
| 3. Ranjit Singh | (c) Ruler of Mysore |
| 4. The doctrine of Lapse | (d) Lord Wellesley |
| 5. English East India Company | (e) Lord Dalhousie |
Choose the correct answer:
After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the British placed a descendant of Shivaji on the throne of _______.
Answer the following question briefly:
Dalhousie was a great expansionist and adopted a number of methods to build an all-India empire. In this context, answer the following question:
Under what circumstances did a subordinate state automatically ‘lapse’ and pass into the hands of the British? How did the rulers react to this policy?
This is a picture of a fort built by the British.
When did the British purchase the three villages to develop into a city? Also, name the villages and the city.
Match the contents of Column A and Column B:
| Column A |
Column B |
| 1. 1767-1769 | (a) Regulating Act passed |
| 2. 1773 | (b) British expansion under Lord Dalhousie |
| 3. 1803 | (c) Punjab annexed to British Empire |
| 4. 1845 | (d) First Anglo-Sikh war |
| 5. 1849 | (e) First Anglo-Mysore War |
| 6. 1848-1856 | (f) Treaty of Bassein |
