Question

Why were the British keen on expanding to the north-west during the 1830s?

a) To increase their land revenue

b) To force surrender of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab

c) To check Russian expansion into India

d) To resettle peasants from other regions​

Answer 1

•It thought that Russia might expand across Asia and enter India from the north-western region.

•Driven by this fear, the British now wanted to secure their control over the north-west.

•They fought a long war with Afghanistan between 1838 and 1842 and established indirect rule of the Company there.