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The expression "" common enemy"" in the passage indicates 1 point (A) Indian Sepoys (B) East India Company (C) The King (D) People

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Answered by Gouta
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Answer:Since the mid-eighteenth century, nawabs and rajas

had seen their power erode. They had gradually lost

their authority and honour. Residents had been

stationed in many courts, the freedom of the rulers

reduced, their armed forces disbanded, and their

revenues and territories taken away by stages.

Many ruling families tried to negotiate with the

Company to protect their interests. For example, Rani

Lakshmibai of Jhansi wanted the Company to recognise

her adopted son as the heir to the kingdom after the

death of her husband. Nana Saheb, the adopted son of

Fig. 1 – Sepoys and peasants

gather forces for the revolt that

spread across the plains of north

India in 1857

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Peshwa Baji Rao II, pleaded that he be given his father’s

pension when the latter died. However, the Company,

confident of its superiority and military powers, turned

down these pleas.

Awadh was one of the last territories to be annexed.

In 1801, a subsidiary alliance was imposed on Awadh,

and in 1856 it was taken over. Governor-General

Dalhousie declared that the territory was being

misgoverned and British rule was needed to ensure

proper administration.

The Company even began to plan how to bring the

Mughal dynasty to an end. The name of the Mughal

king was removed from the coins minted by the

Company. In 1849, Governor-General Dalhousie

announced that after the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar,

the family of the king would be shifted out of the Red

Fort and given another place in Delhi to reside in. In

1856, Governor-General Canning decided that Bahadur

Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king and after

his death none of his descendants would be recognised

as kings – they would just be called princes.

Explanation:

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