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(B) Write the answers in two or three sentences. 4

1. Who was the head of French company ?

2. Which war took place in 1757 ?

3. Who were allowed to trade by king Zamori of Calicut ?

4. Which Mughal emperor allowed the British to trade in Bengal?​

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Answered by darjivanita419
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Answer:

1.The ablest leader of the company, Joseph-François Dupleix, was appointed the governor-general of French India in 1742

2.The Battle of Plassey was fought in north-eastern India on 23 June 1757. Troops of the British East India Company, led by Robert Clive, came up against the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last Nawab of Bengal, and his French allies

3.The Zamorin of Calicut (Malayalam: Samoothiri, Portuguese: Samorim, Dutch: Samorijn, Chinese: Shamitihsi[2]) was the hereditary monarch of the kingdom of Kozhikode (Calicut) on the Malabar Coast of India. Kozhikode was one of the important trading ports on the south-western coast of India. At the peak of their reign, the Samoothiri's ruled over a region from Kollam (Quilon) to Panthalayini Kollam (Koyilandy).[3][4]

4.One of these was Kalikata, which later grew into the city of Calcutta or Kolkata as it is known today. It also persuaded the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb to issue a farman granting the Company the right to trade duty free.

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