Questions and Answers
What did Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi want from the East India Company?
Recognition of her adopted son as the heir to the kingdom.
What was the effect of the East India Company's policies on nawabs and rajas?
They gradually lost their authority and honour.
What happened to the territories of many ruling families as a result of the Company's actions?
Their revenues and territories were taken away by stages.
What did Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II, plead for from the Company?
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What happened to Awadh in 1856?
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