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From Trade to Territory - The Company Establishes Power
Read the following extract taken from NCERT textbook and answer the questions that follow.
The Nawab complains
In 1733 the Nawab of Bengal said this about the English traders:
When they first came into the country they petitioned the then government in a humble manner for liberty to purchase a spot of ground to build a factory house upon, which was no sooner granted but they built a strong fort, surrounded it with a ditch which has communication with the river and mounted a great number of guns upon the walls. They have enticed several merchants and others to go and take protection under them and they collect a revenue which amounts to Rs 100,000 ... they rob and plunder and carry great number of the king's subjects of both sexes into slavery into their own country...
Questions:
(i) What intention did the English traders show initially?
(ii) What course of action did the Britisher take later?
They had enticed several merchants and others to go and take protection under them and they collected a revenue which amounted to Rs 100,000.
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of Punjab.
The British did not introduce administrative changes in the territories they conquered.
What attracted European trading companies to India?
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
How did the assumption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?
Explain the system of 'subsidiary alliance'.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Which one was not a trading company?
What was farman?
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