From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power

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  1. 3. a Portuguese explorer, who had discovered sea route to India in 1498
  2. 5. A trial by the House of Lords in England for charges of misconduct brought against a person in the House of Commons
  3. 9. -- is near Kanpur
  4. 10. became ruler of Bengal after Mir Jafar
  5. 12. The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river -- in 1651.
  6. 13. Lord -- devised a policy that came to be known as the Doctrine of Lapse
  7. 14. Tiger of Mysore
  8. 15. A royal edict,a royal order
  9. 17. Marathas were defeated in the third battle of -- in 1761
  10. 18. the movement started in Italy in the 14th century and lasted till 17th century that later provoked the Europeans to come to India and other countries.
  11. 22. A jurist of the Muslim community responsible for expounding the law that the qazi would administer
  12. 23. A business enterprise that makes profit primarily through trade, buying goods cheap and selling them at higher prices
  13. 25. Murshid Quli Khan was the ruler of --
  14. 26. Mir Qasim was defeated in the battle of -- in 1764
  15. 30. Sanskrit texts prescribing social rules and codes of behaviour, composed from c. 500 BCE onwards
  16. 31. East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen --
  17. 33. foreign power, -- was the last European power to enter India
  18. 35. A type of spice
  19. 36. Plassey name is associated with a tree
  20. 37. the last powerful Mughal ruler.
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  1. 1. -- declared: “We must indeed become nawabs ourselves”.
  2. 2. Lord -- was the Governor-General from 1848 to 1856
  3. 4. place/city was given to the British by a local ruler in 1639, which was later fortified as Fort St George
  4. 6. father of Tipu Sultan
  5. 7. a the Mughal ruler died in 1707
  6. 8. Rani Channamma was the ruler of --
  7. 10. Commander of Sirajuddaulah during the battle of Plassey
  8. 11. Mughal governors
  9. 16. rights allowed the Company to use the vast revenue resources of Bengal
  10. 17. a European power who first came to India
  11. 19. the place the British King Charles-II received as a dowry by marrying the Portuguese princess, which later became an important trading centre.
  12. 20. Men on horses
  13. 21. Principal Minister of Marathas
  14. 22. A heavy gun used by infantry soldiers
  15. 24. Alliance
  16. 27. An early type of gun in which the powder was ignited by a match
  17. 28. old name of Calcutta
  18. 29. the British establish a fortified factory called Fort William
  19. 32. Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons being arrested by Captain --
  20. 34. a new policy of “paramountcy” was initiated by