Assignment.. History.. chapter..1.. class .. viii
Q1.what is colonial?
Q2.How did British establish their rule in lndia?
Q3.What is colonization?
Q4.What is subjugation?
Q5.what is an important source of information about the British administration?
Q6.How did Britishers preserve important documents?
Q7.Which Important administrative institutions had record rooms?
Q8.In the 19th century how were the documents copied?
Q9.Who are calligraphist?
Q10.What is an Archive?
Q11.Why practice of surveying became common in the colonial administration?
Q12.what is census?When was it done?
Q13What were the different types of surveys?
Q14.What is Anthropology?
Q15Draw a picture of custard Apple?
Answers
Answer:
1 ) relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies.
2 )The British Raj refers to the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (who in 1876 was proclaimed Empress of India).The British were able to take control of India mainly because India was not united. The British signed treaties and made military and trading alliances with many of the independent states that made up India. The British were very effective at infiltrating these states and gradually taking control.
3 ) the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
4 ) the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control
5 ) 1)The important sources of british administration were official records and surveys. 2)The British were very particular about preserving official documents. 3)The periodization of indian History offered by James Mill was not at all accepted.
6 ) The British were very interested in preserving all important documents and letters. For this, they established record rooms attached to all administrative institutions such as the village tahsildar's office, the collectorate, law courts etc. They also set up archives and museums to preserve important records.
7 ) The British also felt that all important documents and letters needed to be carefully preserved. So they set up record rooms attached to all administrative institutions. The village tahsildar's office, the collectorate, the commissioner's office, the provincial secretariats, the lawcourts – all had their record rooms.
8 ) Letters and memos that moved from one branch of the administration to another in the early years of the nineteenth century can still be read in the archives. In the early years of the nineteenth century, these documents were copied out and beautifully written by calligraphists.
9 ) Calligraphists were those who are writing experts and in the time of britishers they are appointed by britishers for writing records which are then stored or kept in archives or record rooms which are built near the offices of collectors and other such important peoples related to administration.
10 ) a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
11 ) The practice of surveying became common practice under the colonial administration because the British believed that a country had to be properly known before it could be effectively administered.
12 ) While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under British Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
13 ) The British government when ruled India conducted different types of surveys. Explanation: Surveys were done on SI (cartography). Also in different fields like botany, archaeology, forests and fisheries.
14 ) Anthropology is the study of what makes us human. ... They consider the past, through archaeology, to see how human groups lived hundreds or thousands of years ago and what was important to them. They consider what makes up our biological bodies and genetics, as well as our bones, diet, and health.
15 ) Please draw this looking at an image