Arrange the following events in chronological order:(A) The Fifth Rep…

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

(A) The Fifth Report is submitted to the British Parliament.
(B) The East India Company establishes its rule in Bengal.
(C) Land with a jumma of sicca rupees 28,70,061 is advertised for sale at auction in Bengal.
(D) Mehtab Chand of Burdwan helps the British during the great revolt of the sepoys.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → B, C, A, D

(B) The East India Company establishes its rule in Bengal. — First. The Company established its rule in Bengal in the mid-1760s. This is the earliest event, as the auctions followed its revenue rules.

(C) Land with a jumma of sicca rupees 28,70,061 is advertised for sale at auction in Bengal. — Second. This land was advertised in the native year 1203, that is 1796-97. It falls between Company rule and the Fifth Report.

(A) The Fifth Report is submitted to the British Parliament. — Third. The Fifth Report reached the British Parliament in 1813. It recorded the auctions of the 1790s, so it comes after them.

(D) Mehtab Chand of Burdwan helps the British during the great revolt of the sepoys. — Fourth. Mehtab Chand helped the British in the 1857 revolt, long after the Fifth Report of 1813. This is the latest event.

NCERT (2026-27): “1.6 The Fifth Report
Many of the changes we are discussing were documented in detail in a report that was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813. It was the fifth of a series of reports on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India. Often referred to as the Fifth Report, it ran into 1002 pages, of which over 800 pages were appendices that reproduced petitions of zamindars and ryots, reports of collectors from different districts, statistical tables on revenue returns, and notes on the revenue and judicial administration of Bengal and Madras (present-day Tamil Nadu) written by officials.”

“From the time the Company established its rule in Bengal in the mid-1760s, its activities were closely watched and debated in England. …”

“Referring to the condition of zamindars and the auction of lands, the Fifth Report stated: The revenue was not realised with punctuality, and lands to a considerable extent were periodically exposed to sale by auction. In the native year 1203, corresponding with 1796-97, the land advertised for sale comprehended a jumma or assessment of sicca rupees 28,70,061, the extent of land actually sold bore a jumma or assessment of 14,18,756, and the amount of purchase money sicca rupees 17,90,416. …”