British Empire: India

What was the name of the Empire that ruled much of India from the 16th-19th centuries?

When was the East India Company established by Royal Charter, giving them a monopoly on trade with India?

What 4 religions dominated the Indian subcontinent?

How many major languages were spoken by the people of India?

At what battle did Robert Clive defeat the Mughal Empire, gaining territory for the EIC in India?

In what year was the EIC made a Regularised Subsidiary (under direct government oversight)?

Which act removed the EIC's monopoly on trade in India?

What did the EIC focus on as an alternative means of obtaining revenue?

By which year was the entire Indo-Gangetic Plain under EIC control?

What was the name given to the administrative branches of the EIC's rule in India

Bengal and Bombay were two of these presidencies, what was the other one called?

Which people made enormous private fortunes out of EIC rule?

What was the name of the 1773 Act which created a governing council of 5 in Calcutta, with 2 EIC members and 3 Parliamentary appointments?

Which body was created in 1784 to regulate the EIC's action and ensure subordinance to the Crown?

Which important cabinet minister was a member of the Board of Control?

Which act allowed missionaries to preach within Company territories?

Which act ended the EIC's entire commercial activities?

Who was the first Governor and President of Fort William?

In what year was the Governor given powers to override their council if they felt it necessary?

How many troops did the EIC command in 1820?

What name was given to regiments of native Indian soldiers?

Out of a total 277,746 soldiers in 1857, how many were European?

For what purposes was the Company Army used?

How much territory (in Km2) did the EIC control by 1800?

From 1809, which military college trained EIC officers?

Between 1823 and 1826, the EIC had annexed Assam, Manipur and which other area?

By invading Afghanistan, which nation's influence in the region was Britain attacking?

How many men survived the British retreat from Afghanistan in 1842 (out of 20,000)?

How much did the First Afghan War cost?

When was Sind annexed?

Which province was annexed in 1849, after a struggle that lasted most of the decade?

Which people did the British gain a strong admiration for during their expansion?

Which religion became more prominent with the arrival of more British people in India?

In 1780, What proportion of EIC wills left inheritances to native spouses?

Which philosopher's idea of Utilitarianism inspired Governors Bentinck and Dalhousie?

Who led the campaign against Thagi in the 1830s?

What was created in 1835 to deal with the issue?

How many "thugs" were tried during Sleeman's campaign?

On which God did the Thugs base their violence?

Which act intended to ban Sati (self-immolation by Hindu widows)?

How many people were estimated to die from Sati per year?

Which prominent British reformer was a part of the anti-Sati campaign?

When was the practice banned in Calcutta?

Which notable Hindu campaigned against Sati?

By when was the practice outlawed throughout all of India?

Which British Governor-General proposed the ideas of Paramountcy and Doctrine of Lapse?

Which province was annexed in 1856?

From which group of people did the British try to take land?

What was used as lubricant for rifles that caused unrest amongst Hindu and Muslim Sepoys?

Which act forced Sepoys to go where their religion did not allow them?

How many Sepoys were court-martialled in Delhi in May 1857 for refusing to load the new rifles?

Which Mughal Emperor was restored to his title by the mutineers?

How many were killed after the British surrender in Cawnpore?

After how many days did the first relief reach Lucknow?

How many VC's were awarded for the Siege of Lucknow?

How many Presidency Armies remained loyal to the British?

What happened to Bahadur Shah's sons as punishment?

How many mutineers were blown apart with cannons in Peshawar?

Which Act ended Company Rule in India?

How much did suppressing the Rebellion cost?

The ratio of Sepoys:Europeans in the Indian Army was reduced from 9:1 to what?

How many miles of railway track had been built by 1861?