Day: April 27, 2020

Explain the factors responsible for the recurrence of famines in the nineteenth century. What remedial measures were adopted by the British Indian Government? ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The ancient and medieval India did not enjoy absolute immunity from famines. The Arthashastra mentions famine relief measures. Famines took place during the reigns of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, Akbar, Shah […]

“It was the British intrude who broke up the Indian handloom and destroyed the spinning wheel.”- Karl Marx. In the light of the above statement, discuss how the changes caused by the establishment of British rule in India led to the decline of the Indian handicraft industry. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The decline of traditional industries was […]

“The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”. Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The given statement by the then governor general Bentinck in 1834 tells us about the miserable conditions of handicraft workers during the British era. In pre-British time, the Indian textile […]

“Weaving”, says R. C. Dutt, “was the national industry of the people and spinning was the pursuit of millions of women.” Indian textiles went to England and other parts of Europe, to China and Japan and Burma and Arabia and Persia and parts of Africa. Elucidate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The given statement of R.C. Dutt, a […]

“Peace had her victories no less renowned than war.” Examine this statement with reference to Lord William Bentinck. OR ”The Seven years of Lord William Bentinck’s administration gave a period of respite from an almost continuous policy of wars and annexations”. Elaborate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: William Bentinck (1828-35) was the First Governor General of India. His […]

“I shall govern in name, but it will be you who govern in fact”:- Bentick to Jeremy Bentham. Explain this statement. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: English Utilitarianism was an offshoot of the western liberal ideas. The English Utilitarianism owed its genesis to the ideas of Bentham. The Utilitarianism philosophy believed in the maxim of greatest good to […]

“The Regulating Act of 1773 was passed to remove the evils inherent in the Company’s constitution but the system that it established was imperfect.” Elaborate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Regulating Act was passed by Lord North’s Government in 1773. It was designed to remove several evils inherent in the Company: No co-ordination between the three Presidencies […]

“The Dual System of Government led to the power being divorced from responsibility, lawlessness, heightened abuse of private trade, severe oppression of peasantry and was a complete failure but still it can be considered as political sagacity of Clive.” Examine. OR “The Dual System of Government was a complete failure from the outset. In the […]

“The annexation of the Punjab was no annexation, it was a sacred breach of trust.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The annexation of Punjab to British dominions in India on 2 April 1849 after defeating the Sikh army in the Second Anglo-Sikh War by Lord Dalhousie, the British governor general, put an end to the sovereignty of […]

Underline the major considerations of the British imperial power that led to the annexation of Punjab. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The annexation of Punjab to British dominions in India on 2 April 1849 after defeating the Sikh army in the Second Anglo-Sikh War by Lord Dalhousie, the British governor general, put an end to the sovereignty of […]