Question

Answer all questions given under each heading 

Colonialism in India 

(i) When did the East India Company acquire the Diwani Right?

(ii) When were the Gurkhas conquered by the British?

(iii) When was slavery abolished in British India?

(iv) When did Burma become a part of the Madras Presidency?

Answer 1

(i) The Company acquired the Diwani right in 1765.

(ii) The British conquered the Gurkhas in 1816.

(iii) Slavery was abolished in India in 1843.

(iv) There was British rule in Burma from 1824 to 1948.