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Answer the following questions.
1. How did the Dutch, the French and the British come to India to trade their
goods?
2. Name the European nations that set up trading centres in India.
3.
Write short notes on - (a) Battle of Plassey, (b) Doctrine of Lapse.
4. What are the causes for the outbreak of the First War of Independence?
5. Write down the effects of the Revolt of 1857.
Answers
Answer:
1) 1st Dutch settlement in India was at Masulipatnam (1605), 2nd at Surat (1616), 3rd at Nagapatnam. b) They maintained Triangular trade. Dutch brought gold bullions to India and exchanged it with cotton produced here. This cotton was taken to Indonesia and exchanged it with spices produced there. 2) Portuguese.
Dutch (Holland, now Netherlands)
British.
Danish (Denmark)
De French.
3) The Battle of Plassey:
As a result of denial of trading rights, on 23rd June 1757, Battle of Plassey was fought and it was the first major victory of English in India. Alivardi Khan died in 1756 and Sirajuddaulah became the Nawab of Bengal. ... Mir Jafar was promised by Clive to be made Nawab after crushing Sirajuddaulah. 4) Social and Religious Causes: The British had abandoned its policy of non-interference in the socio-religious life of the Indians. Abolition of Sati (1829), Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1856). Christian missionaries were allowed to enter India and carry on with their mission of proselytizing.