Arrange the following events as they occurred in history.
(A) The Partition of Bengal
(B) The First Anglo-Carnatic War
(C) The Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
(D) The Ilbert Bill Controversy
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B), (D), (A), (C)
The First Anglo-Carnatic War came first, in 1746–48, as an offshoot of the Austrian War of Succession. The Ilbert Bill controversy, over whether Indian judges might try Europeans, broke out in 1883.
Lord Curzon carried through the Partition of Bengal in 1905, and the capital was moved from Calcutta to Delhi at the Durbar of 1911. The order is therefore B, D, A, C.