Question
Read the picture below and answer the questions that follow:
(i) How is Clive portrayed in the first figure?
(ii) What are the ways in which artist has depicted the victory of the British?
(iii) Why is the British flag placed there?
Solution
(i)Clive is portrayed as being welcomed by Mir Zafar and his troops after the Battle of Plassey.
(ii)The artist has depicted the British troops storming the fort of Tipu’s palace from all sides, cutting his soldiers into pieces, climbing the walls, raising the British flag aloft on the ramparts of Tipu’s fort.
(iii)The British flag is placed to show the supremacy of the British power.
