Question

XII. Observe the given events. Put (x) symbol to adverse events for India and Put (V) to
the adverse events for the Britishers.
13. a. In 1756, 146 Englishmen were captured and locked up in a small room, where 123 died
of suffocation
b. At 1498 AD, Vascodagama reached Calicut,
c. At 1764 AD, at the end of the Battle of Buxar, Robert Clive brought Dual system of
Government of Bengal
d. At 1746-48, Britain and France were in the opposite front in Austrian succession war in
Europe. This enmity was echoed in the form of first Carnatic war in India
in social science answer please​

Answer 1

Answer:

The horrifying story of the Black Hole of Calcutta starts in early 1756. The East India Company, a relative newcomer to the Indian subcontinent, had already established a popular trading base in Calcutta but this hegemony was under threat by French interests in the area. As a preventive measure, the Company decided to increase the defences of its main fort in the city, Fort William.

It is important to remember that during these early days of colonial rule, the East India Company had direct control only over a small number of strongholds in India, and to maintain these strongholds the Company was often forced into uneasy truces with nearby princely states and their ruling ‘Nawabs’.