British Rule in India Quiz

In exchange for a trade monopoly, a group of English businessmen petitioned Elizabeth I in 1600 for a royal charter that would let them to travel to the East Indies on behalf of the kingdom. The merchants contributed about 70,000 pounds of their own funds to the project, and the East India Company was established.

Their control over the large market and raw materials like cotton in India was a result of British economic policies. India functioned as a large captive market for British produced goods as well as a substantial source of raw materials to British industries.

In AD 1651, Bengal's governor, Sujauddaula, gave permission for the English Company to conduct business there. Three villages, Sutanati, Govindapur, and Kolkata, were bought by the Company in 1698 AD with the intention of establishing factories there. A factory was already operating in Hugli.

The INC altered its stance in view of the threat that Nazi Germany would occupy Britain itself. It stated that if authority was given to an interim administration in India, backing for the war would be given. The Viceroy Linlithgow then offered a series of recommendations known as the "August offer."

At a meeting of the All-India Congress Committee in Bombay on August 8, 1942, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi announced the start of the "Quit India" movement. The British government detained Gandhi, Nehru, and numerous other Indian National Congress leaders the following day.

As a result of his reforms and modernizations of the Indian public services, Charles Cornwallis is known as the "father of the India Civil Service."

India gained independence from the British Empire on August 15, 1947, thanks to Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent resistance philosophy and the Independence Movement he led. The final viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, oversaw the transfer of authority.

In 1919, the Imperial Legislative Council approved the Rowlatt Act. It was passed in order to stifle Indian politics. It was ineffective since it resulted in the declaration of the Rowlatt Satyagraha, which was observed by Indians all over the nation.

The French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies, was put an end by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. In accordance with the conditions of the treaty, France lost all of its territories in North America's mainland, effectively putting a stop to any potential military threat to the British colonies there.

Lord Mountbatten served as both the country's first Governor-General and last Viceroy. In order to make preparations for the transfer of power by June 1948, he was sent to India as Viceroy in March.

Robert Clive established a dual administration in Bengal in 1765, and it lasted there until 1772. Under this arrangement, the government of Bengal was divided into two parts: Diwani and Nizamat. Diwani denotes the corporation's acquisition of the right to tax, whereas Nizamat denotes the nawab's acquisition of executive authority.

He created ideas for an Indian railway system and started work on the Ganges canal. He participated in the First Sikh War and, through the Treaty of Lahore (March 1846), he attempted to create a friendly, even if somewhat reduced, Sikh state.

District collectors, who were employed by the Indian Civil Service, were in charge of overseeing the district's general administration. In 1772, Warren Hastings established the office of district collector.

On July 1, 1781, Hyder Ali of Mysore and the British East India Company fought each other at the Battle of Porto Novo. The English prevailed, and this conflict restrained Hyder Ali's growth.

The British and Portuguese engaged in a naval conflict known as the Battle of Swally, often referred to as the Battle of Suvali. It happened on November 29 and 30, 1612, off the coast of Suvali (A village near the Surat city). Battle was won by the British.

From Kolkata, West Bengal, Satyendranath Tagore was an Indian Bengali government servant who also worked as a poet, composer, writer, social reformer, and linguist. In 1863, he was the first Indian to be appointed as an officer in the Indian Civil Service. He belonged to the Bramho Samaj.

Dadabhai Naoroji, a Bombay Parsi, was the first Indian to be chosen for the British Parliament. In 1885, Naoroji visited Britain on business with Cama and Company.

The Indigo Revolt of 1859–1860 served as the inspiration for Nil Darpan. The drama emphasised how British landowners and lenders oppressed the underprivileged indigo farmers.

The British and Sikhs signed the Treaty of Lahore. This agreement signified the end of the first Anglo-Sikh War, which lasted from 1845 to 1846. Maharaja Duleep Singh Bahadur and the East India Company came to an agreement.

The English East India Company was granted advantages through Farrukh Siyar's Farman, which also granted them tax-free monopoly trading rights, particularly in the Mughal subah of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.