4. The claim to paramountcy means:
a) Company claimed that the authority of the Nawab of Awadh was paramount or supreme
b) Company claimed that Mughal emperor’s authority was paramount or supreme,
c) Company claimed that its authority was paramount or supreme.
d) All of the above are correct.
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Under Lord Hastings (Governor- General from 1813 to 1823) a new policy of “paramountcy” was initiated. Now the Company claimed that its authority was paramount or supreme, hence its power was greater than that of Indian states.
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