Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:
Who proposed a policy of pacification to make the Paharia chiefs responsible for the proper conduct of their men by giving them an annual allowance?
Options:
Rober Clive
Augustus Cleveland
Lord Cornwallis
Warren Hastings
Correct Answer:
Augustus Cleveland
Explanation:
By the 1780s, Augustus Cleveland, the Collector of Bhagalpur, proposed a policy of pacification. Paharia chiefs were given an annual allowance and made responsible for the proper conduct of their men. They were expected to maintain order in their localities and discipline their own people. Many Paharia chiefs refused the allowances.