HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
Lord William Bentinck
|
|
Lord Hastings
|
|
Lord Cornwallis
|
|
Lord Wellesley
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Francis Rawdon-Hastings, the Governor-General of British India, led an 120, 000 strong force in early 19th-century against the Pindaris during the Third Anglo-Maratha War; the campaign became known as the Pindari War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England-died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India, who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pindaris were a mix of Hindus, Muslims, Afghans, Jats, and Marathas and were suppressed by the company during the period of Lord Hastings in the year 1817. Lord Hastings was credited with the destroying of Pindaris.