Question

B. Match the following.
1. Sutlej river
3. Lord Dalhousie
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Purchase of Kashmir
(c) Deprivation of pension
4. Gulab Singh
5. Nana Saheb
(e) Border between British and Sikh territories​

Answer 1

The correctly matched pairs are:

$\begin{tabular}{c | l} \bf Section A & Section - B \bf \\ \cline{1-2} Sutlej & Border b/w British - Sikh territories\\ \cline{1-2} Lord Dalhousie & Doctrine of Lapse \\ \cline{1-2} Gulab Singh & purchase of Kashmir \\ \cline{1-2} Nana Saheb & Deprivation of taxes \\ \cline{1-2} \end{tabular}$

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Sutlej river flows through Punjab which acted as the border between Sikh and British territories.

• The river Sutlej is one of the tributaries of river Indus.

• Lord Dalhousie introduced Doctrine of Lapse. It was an annexation policy.

• Kingdoms like Satara, Jhansi, Nagpur etc were annexed through this policy.

• Gulab Singh was first princely ruler of Kashmir

• Gulab Singh helped British in first Anglo Sikh war.

• Nana Saheb's pension was denied by British as he was adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao.

• This pension deprivation led Nana Saheb to participate in Revolt of 1857.