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The United East India Company refers to the company in India formed by the

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The new proletariat class which emerged in India on account of the British economic policies, consisted of

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At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?

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As per 'August Offer' the British objective for India was __________

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Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?

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During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?

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Who said that he had not become His Majesty's first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?

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Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law

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The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces

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India became independent during the vice royalty of

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The Company lost all its administrative powers__________

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The momentous decision to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the Viceroyalty of Lord

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Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on

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In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova

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The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612

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The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was

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The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was

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The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was

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The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year

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The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor

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