Day: January 14, 2018

The battle of Plassey was “not a great battle but a great betrayal.” Comment.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal, Sirajudaullah on 23 June 1757. Before the battle, British, worried about being outnumbered and also French help to Nawab, formed a conspiracy mainly with Siraj-ud-Daulah’s demoted […]

“Dupleix made a cardinal blunder in looking for the key of India in Madras: Clive sought and found it in Bengal.” Critically examine. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The English occupation of Bengal in 1757 after Battle of Plassey umder Robert Clive enabled them to use the inexhaustible source of wealth and material resouces of Bengal for fighting against […]

“The Santhal hool began in July 1855. The core of the movement was economic, the basic cause of the uprising was agrarian discontent.” – Elucidate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Historically, the Santhals were settled in Damani-Koh (forested hilly areas of Rajmahal Hills) in the present day Jharkhand in what was then known as the Bengal Presidency. The Santals […]

“The verdict at Plassey was confirmed by the English victory at Buxar.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The seeds of British imperialism sown at Plassey flowered after the Battle of Buxar, a fact that makes the latter battle historically more important. It finally consolidated British rule in Bengal, the Nawab was reduced to a mere figure-head, the Company […]

“Politics remained for the bulk of the Moderates very much a part-time affair. The Congress was not a political party, but an annual three-day show…” Elucidate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The early phase of the politics of Congress is called the moderate phase. Moderate leaders of early phase of Congress believed in the Constitutional way of agitation. They […]

“Gandhi’s body is in jail but his soul is with you, India’s prestige is in your hands, you must not use any violence under any circumstances. You will be beaten but you must not exit; you must not raise a hand to ward off blows.” Critically examine. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Gandhiji has launched Civil Disobedience Movement on […]

“The Chipko became famous as the first major environmental movement in post-colonial India and gave to the understanding that environment issues are often women’s issues because they suffer most from its deterioration.” – Explain. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Chipko movement got its name from the actions of women in Uttarakhand in 1970s who hugged trees in order […]

Compared to their English counterpart, the French East India Company enjoyed little discretionary power and had to always look up to Paris for all major decisions. This partly explains the failure of the French in India.” Evaluate Critically. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Difference in nature of French East India Company and English East India Company (1) French Company was like […]

Analyze the nature of peasant movements during the nationalist phase and bring out their shortcomings. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Nature of Peasant Movements during nationalist phase: (1) Not radical in nature The struggles were not clearly aimed at the overthrow of the existing agrarian structure but towards alleviating its most oppressive aspects (lilemillegal rents, forced labour, sudden increase in […]

The British conquest of Sindh was both a political and moral sequel to the First Afghan War. Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The conquest of Sindh was a political sequel to the First Afghan War because: (1) The disaster in the First Afghan War forced the British to find a scapegoat. They blamed Sindh for complicity with Afghans […]