Put the following major historical events in chronological order beginning from the earliest to the latest:
(A) Emergence of the Sultanate of Golconda
(B) Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate
(C) Emergence of the Sultanates of Ahmednagar, Bijapur and Berar
(D) The Diwani of Bengal transferred to the East India Company
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (C), (A), (D)
Each event is placed by the year in which it took place:
(B) Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate — 1206, when Qutbuddin Aibak, a general of Muhammad Ghori, became the first Sultan of Delhi after Ghori’s death.
(C) Emergence of the Sultanates of Ahmednagar, Bijapur and Berar — about 1490, when the Bahmani kingdom of the Deccan broke up and its governors declared themselves independent.
(A) Emergence of the Sultanate of Golconda — 1518, when Sultan Quli Qutb Shah, the Bahmani governor of Telangana, broke away and founded the Qutb Shahi dynasty.
(D) The Diwani of Bengal transferred to the East India Company — 1765, when the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II granted it by the Treaty of Allahabad, after the Company’s victory at Buxar in 1764.