Question

B. Very short answer type ques
1. When did Vasco da gama reach India ?
2. Name the company formed by British merchants.
3. Why was the revolt of 1857 also known as the first war of independence?
5. Write down the names of the areas of the revolt of 1857.
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4. Name the ruler of Jhansi.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea route to India during the year 1497 – 1499. On 20th May, 1498, two years after he set his sail from Lisbon, Portugal, Vasco da Gama arrived on the Western sea coast of India at Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. This was the first time when a European had arrived in India via the sea.

2.In 1600, a group of English businessmen asked Elizabeth I for a royal charter that would let them voyage to the East Indies on behalf of the crown in exchange for a monopoly on trade. The merchants put up nearly 70,000 pounds of their own money to finance the venture, and the East India Company was born

3.Revolt of 1857 was known as the first war of independence because it was for the first time that our entire nation irrespective of the caste, creed, race, and religion had come together and staged an armed protest against the Britishers to gain independence from their colonial rule.

4.The 22-year-old queen refused to cede Jhansi to the British. Shortly after the beginning of the mutiny in 1857, which broke out in Meerut, Lakshmi Bai was proclaimed the regent of Jhansi, and she ruled on behalf of the minor heir

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Answer 2

ANSWER :

• [1] Vasco Da Gama reached India on 20th May, 1498. He became the first European to reach India by linking Europe and Asia by an ocean route. The Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama came to India three times.

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• [2] The name of the company formed by British merchants was East India Company. It was a joint stock trading company founded on 31st December, 1600 by John Watts and George White.

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• [3] In the revolt of 1857, all the indian people irrespective of their caste, race and religion had come together for the first time in the entire history to protest against the British rulers for the independence of India. Therefore, the revolt of 1857 was also know the First War of Independence.

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• [4] The main centre - areas of the revolt of 1857 were Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Gwalior and Arrah in Bihar etc.

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• [5] Lakshmi Bai was the ruler of Jhansi during the revolt of 1857. However, Naresh Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar was the last ruler of Jhansi.