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?
(ii)They built a strong fort, surrounded it with a ditch which had communication with the river and mounted a great number of guns upon the walls.
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.
