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An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was

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In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?

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The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was

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Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?

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British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year

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Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?

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"Treaty of Rajpurghat" was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________

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The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians

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The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa

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Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?

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The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year

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The land was owned by temples known as __________

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Dyer was __________ by the Government of Britain

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The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year

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The transfer of Government from the 'Company' to the 'Crown' was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at

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During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in

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The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the

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In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________

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'We do not seek our independence out of Britain's ruin' said

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The East India Company had taken Bombay from

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