The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
The correct match is:
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List - I
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List – II
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(A) Supreme Court set up in Calcutta
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(II) 1773
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(B) Cornwallis Code enacted
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(III) 1793
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(C) Railways from Bombay to Thane
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(IV) 1853
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(D) First Screening of a Film at Watson's Hotel, Bombay
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(I) 1896
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Important events:
1773- Supreme Court set up in Calcutta by the East India Company.
1784- The Asiatic Society was founded in 1784 by Sir William Jones.
1793: Cornwallis Code was enacted.
1803: Lord Wellesley’s Minute on Calcutta town improvement.
1818: British takeover of the Deccan; Bombay becomes the capital of the new province.
1853: Railway from Bombay to Thane.
1857: First spinning and weaving mill in Bombay.
1857: Universities in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
1870s: Beginning of elected representatives in municipalities.
1881: Madras harbour completed.
1896: First screening of a film at Watson’s Hotel, Bombay.
1896: Plague starts spreading to major cities. |
