Class 8th History Question & Answer Part 3
1. The states which were annexed using the Doctrine of Lapse – Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853), & Jhansi (1854)
2. Awadh was annexed on the ground – to free the people from the “misgovernment” of the Nawab
3. Qazi – A judge
4. Mufti – A jurist of the Muslim community
5. Under the Regulating Act of 1773 – a new Supreme Court was established.
6. By 1857 the Company directly rule over about 63 per cent of the territory and 78 per cent of the population of the Indian subcontinent
7. Sawars – trained soldiers on horseback
8. Musket – A heavy gun used by infantry soldiers
9. Matchlock – An early type of gun in which the powder was ignited by a match
10. Tiger of Mysore – Tipu Sultan
11. A criminal court – faujdari adalat
12. A civil court – diwani adalat
13. 1770 famine killed ten million people in Bengal (one-third of the population)
14. Haats – Weekly markets
15. Who introduced Permanent Settlement (in 1793) – Lord Cornwallis