EXERCISES
Q.1 Answer the following questions
1 Why did the Europeans feel the need to discover a new sea route to India ?
2. Who were the first and the last Europeans to arrive in India?
3 Between whom was the Battle of Plassey fought? What were its results?
4. Why did Battle of Buxar accur? What was its result?
5. How did the Portuguese rule come to an end?
Answers
Answer:
- The Ottoman Turks charged Christian high fees to get through the route. Apart from this, the route was also unsafe due to the marauding bands of Tatar and the Mongols. Thus, the Europeans felt the need to discover new sea routes to India
Answer:
The Ottoman Turks charged Christian high fees to get through the route. Apart from this, the route was also unsafe due to the marauding bands of Tatar and the Mongols. Thus, the Europeans felt the need to discover new sea routes to India.
The Britishers one after another captured Dutch strongholds. The last European people to arrive in India were the French. The French East India Company was formed in 1664 AD during the reign of King Louis XIV to trade with India.
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. Clive's victory eventually led to the British becoming the greatest economic and military power in India.
In October 1764, the combined Indian force confronted the British near the town of Buxar. The British, under the command of Sir Hector Munro, were divided into three sections. ... The battle resulted in the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad, in which the Mughal Emperor surrendered sovereignty of Bengal to the British.
Location: Buxar; India
Date: October 22, 1764
The Governor of Portuguese India signed the Instrument of Surrender on 19 December 1961, ending 450 years of Portuguese rule in India.