Question

(b) Who were the Khasis, Jaintias and Garos?
(C) Who was Nana Sahib?
(d) What administrative cahnges took place after 1858?​

Answer 1

Answer:

b) The state of Meghalaya comprises Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills. The scheduled tribe populations (mainly belonging to khasi, Jaintia and Garo tribes) constitute 85.53% of the total population. The Garos inhabit western Meghalaya, the Khasis central Meghalaya and the Jaintias eastern Meghalaya.

c) Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian Peshwa of the Maratha empire, aristocrat and fighter, who led the rebellion in Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

d) An Act of Parliament in 1858 transferred the power to govern from the East India Company to the British Crown. While authority over India had previously been wielded by the Directors of the Company and the Board of Control, now this power was to be exercised by a Secretary of State for India aided by a Council.

Answer 2

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b)Khasis, Jaintias and Garos where the scheduled tribe belonging to state of Meghalaya

c)nana saheb was an Indian Peshwa of the Maratha empire, aristocrat and fighter and who led the rebellion in Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

d)the cahnges took place aafter administration were

1. By the Government of India Act 1858, the power to govern India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.
2. By the Government of India Act 1858, the power to govern India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.The authority over India, which was wielded by the directors of the Company and the Board of Control, was now to be exercised by the Secretary of State for India aided by a Council.
3. By the Government of India Act 1858, the power to govern India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.The authority over India, which was wielded by the directors of the Company and the Board of Control, was now to be exercised by the Secretary of State for India aided by a Council.The Act of 1858 provided that the Governor-General would have an Executive Council whose members were to act as heads of different departments and as his official advisers.