THE BRITISH RAJ AND THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE WORKSHEET NO: 10

NAME: ______________________________ DATE:__________________

I. Fill in the blanks:

1. In 1615, officials of the English East India Company visited the court of _____________
and got permission to set up factories.

2. _______________ _______________ was the adopted son of the Maratha ruler who lost his
territory to the British.

3. The British forced the Indian farmers to grow cotton and ______________ instead of
food crops.

4. Rammohun Roy was a ________________ __________________

5. _________________ _________________ led the British forces of the English East India
Company in the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

II Time Line

1. 1497

2. 1498

3. 1600

4. 1615

5. 1690

6. 1750 to 1850

7. 1757

8. 1857
III Identification of causes for first war of independence

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IV CREATIVITY thinking
1. What will be the effects, if Indians won the first war of independence?