History Important Questions ========================= Whi | UPSC Books English
History Important Questions =========================
Which emperor built the famous Grant Trunk Road from Peshawar to Calcutta? Sher Shah Suri
Buland Darwaja at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra was built by? Akbar
In which year Vasco-de-gama discovered the sea route to India? 1498
East India Company of England came to India in? 1602
In which year Captain Hawkin of East India Company came to the court of emperor Jehangir? 1608
In 1613 East India Company established its first factory in India at? Surat
Under whose leadership East India Company defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal in the battle of Plassey in the year 1757? Lord Clive
In which decisive battle the English defeated the French and ended the French rule in India? Battle of Wandiwash in 1760
Under whose leadership the English army defeated the joint army of Mir Qasim, Siraj-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II? Captain Hector Munro in the Battle of Buxar (1764)
Who was the first Governor General of Bengal? Warren Hastings
