ADVENT OF EUROPEANS
Advent of Europeans to india
years
• 1600:the east india company
was established
• 1602:united east india
company was established in
Netherlands
• 1639:the English established
their first ware house in
surat
• 1664:the french east india
company was established in
france
Q/A
1: how did trade take place
between Europe and india
during middle ages?
Ans: the arab merchants used
to carry Asian merchandise
into Constantinople of
eastern roman empire.the
Constantinople was the
center of international
business,hence,it was call as
“gate way of European trade”
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2: discuss the causes that resulted in the discovery of a new
sea route to india?
Ans: In 1445,the ottoman turks captured the city of
Constantinople.the invention of compass,gunpowder and
astrolabes were impetus in this venture
3: list the Europeans who came to india for trade?
Ans: the portugese,the dutch,the English,the french
4: explain the second Carnatic war?
Ans: . The french made chandasheb as the nawab of Carnatic
. The English,Robert clive attacked arcot the capital of
Carnatic and defeated chandasheb
. He was imprisoned and later killed in this war
.English made mohammad ali son of awaruddin the nawab of
Carnatic
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.this war ended with a treaty called “aix-la-chappele”
5. State the results and reasons for battle of plassey?
Ans: REASONS
.misuse of dastaks
.black room tragedy
.mending the fort without permission
RESULTS
.mir jaffar became the nawab of Bengal
.the company gained exclusive rights to trade on Bengal
.mir jaffar had to pay 70crores and 17lakhs to sirja-ud-daulah
as war indemnity for the attack of fort William
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6.What were the the results of battle of buxar?
Ans: . shah alam-II accorded the diwani rights over Bengal to
the british
. The nawab of awadh had to pay 50lakhs for waging a war
against the company
. With the death of mir jaffar the company had to pay pension
to his son and took over the entire administration over
Bengal

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