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Slice the Bengali termsRead the answer and worked solution →Bengal or DeccanRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Countryside bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which imperial officer policed and ran the internal affairs of a Mughal town?Read the answer and worked solution →The Portuguese set up base at Panaji in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →From which year did all-India decennial censuses become a regular feature?Read the answer and worked solution →The Survey of India was established in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1900 and 1940 India's urban population rose from about 10 per cent to about what share?Read the answer and worked solution →Railways were introduced in India in which year, shifting activity away from old river towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two towns are named as the only proper industrial cities of colonial India?Read the answer and worked solution →Simla was founded during which war?Read the answer and worked solution →Darjeeling was wrested from the rulers of which kingdom in 1835?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy officially moved his council to Simla in 1864, sealing the summer capital practice?Read the answer and worked solution →Binodini Dasi, pioneer of Bengali theatre, helped set up which Calcutta theatre in 1883?Read the answer and worked solution →From which local Telugu lords did the Company buy the right to settle at Madraspatam in 1639?Read the answer and worked solution →In Madras, which area was a colony of dyers and bleachers of cloth?Read the answer and worked solution →Indians in Madras who spoke both the local language and English, serving as agents, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Calcutta grew from three villages. Which were they?Read the answer and worked solution →Lord Wellesley wrote a Minute on Calcutta town improvement in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lottery Committee of 1817 got its name because:Read the answer and worked solution →Bombay's Town Hall, built in 1833, is an example of which architectural style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Rajabai Tower of Bombay University was funded by which banker and named after his mother?Read the answer and worked solution →Victoria Terminus, headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, is the finest example of which style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gateway of India was built in Gujarati style to welcome which royal visitors in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the hill stationsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Madras localitiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the founding yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the stylesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Bengali terms

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Does not match the category
  1. Ricardo
  2. Supa
  3. Poona
  4. Lancashire
Matches the category
  1. Benami
  2. Lathyal
  3. Jotedar
  4. Amlah
  5. Bargadar
Instructions
Slice only the terms used in the Bengal countryside.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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Bengal or Deccan

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Upper category
Bengal
Lower category
Deccan
Items
  1. Category
    Bengal
    Item
    Permanent
  2. Category
    Bengal
    Item
    Burdwan
  3. Category
    Bengal
    Item
    Jotedars
  4. Category
    Bengal
    Item
    Sunset Law
  5. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Ryotwari
  6. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Supa 1875
  7. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Cotton
  8. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Sahukars
Instructions
Send each fact to Bengal or the Bombay Deccan.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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Sort the numbers

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Items
  1. Group
    Bengal
    Item
    95 pc fake
  2. Group
    Bengal
    Item
    1002 pages
  3. Group
    Bengal
    Item
    Rs 30 lakh
  4. Group
    Santhals
    Item
    1,473 villages
  5. Group
    Santhals
    Item
    5,500 sq mi
  6. Group
    Deccan
    Item
    6,500 sq km
  7. Group
    Deccan
    Item
    90 pc cotton
  8. Group
    Deccan
    Item
    3 year bonds
Groups
  1. Item
    Bengal
  2. Item
    Santhals
  3. Item
    Deccan
Instructions
Drop each figure onto the story it belongs to.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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