Arrange the following sequentially as per their period of establishment.
A. Setting up of Supreme Court, Calcutta.
B. Universities in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta.
C. Formation of the Asiatic Society in Bengal.
D. The British in Bombay.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → D, A, C, B
D. The British in Bombay. — The British set up their base in Bombay in 1661.
A. Setting up of Supreme Court, Calcutta. — The Supreme Court was set up in Calcutta by the East India Company in 1773.
C. Formation of the Asiatic Society in Bengal. — The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784.
B. Universities in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta. — The universities in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta came up in 1857.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Colonial Cities’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 12: Colonial Cities (Pre-rationalised)
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