The Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764 was won by the East India Company under which commander?
- A.Robert Clive
- B.Hector Munro
- C.Eyre Coote
- D.Warren Hastings
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Hector Munro. At Buxar in Bihar on 22 October 1764 Munro defeated the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the deposed Nawab of Bengal, Shuja ud Daula, the Nawab of Awadh, and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The Treaty of Allahabad of 1765 followed, and the grant of the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa made the Company the real ruler of the province.
Option A is wrong because Robert Clive won Plassey in 1757 and returned later as governor to settle the terms after Buxar. Option C is wrong because Eyre Coote is remembered for Wandiwash in 1760 against the French. Option D is wrong because Warren Hastings became the first Governor General in 1773, nine years after the battle.
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View allWhat was the original name of Sher Shah Suri?
- A.Farid Khan
- B.Jalal Khan
- C.Hasan Khan
- D.Daud Khan
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He was born Farid Khan, the son of Hasan Khan, an Afghan of the Sur clan who held the jagir of Sasaram in what is now Rohtas district of Bihar.
Read the full explanation →In which battle of 1539, fought in present Buxar district of Bihar, did Sher Khan defeat Humayun?
- A.Battle of Kannauj
- B.Battle of Chausa
- C.Battle of Ghaghra
- D.Battle of Tukaroi
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It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa on the Ganga, in present Buxar district of Bihar, and Sher Khan's victory broke Humayun's army; the emperor himself escaped across the river and the Mughal hold on the east collapsed.
Read the full explanation →Sher Shah's tomb, built on a platform in the middle of a tank, stands at which town of Bihar?
- A.Rohtas
- B.Sasaram
- C.Bihar Sharif
- D.Patna
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Sher Shah's tomb stands in the middle of a large tank at Sasaram in Rohtas district, the town whose jagir his father held, and it is the work of the architect Aliwal Khan; its octagonal plan, high plinth and great dome make it one of the finest Indo Islamic monuments…
Read the full explanation →Which silver coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri gave the Indian currency its present name?
- A.Tanka
- B.Dam
- C.Rupiya
- D.Jital
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Sher Shah withdrew the debased mixed coins in circulation and issued a silver rupiya of about one hundred and seventy eight grains of fixed purity, along with a copper dam, and set a rate between them.
Read the full explanation →The Sadak e Azam, the Grand Trunk Road rebuilt by Sher Shah, ran from Sonargaon in Bengal to which point?
- A.Kabul
- B.The river Indus
- C.Cambay
- D.Burhanpur
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The Sadak e Azam ran from Sonargaon in eastern Bengal through Bihar, Agra, Delhi and Lahore to the Indus in the northwest, and Sher Shah lined it with wells, shade trees and sarais.
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