Arrange the following events in a chronological order.
(A) Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley.
(B) Annexation of Awadh.
(C) Mutiny starts in Meerut.
(D) Shah Mal killed in battle.
(E) British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C), (E), (D)
(A) Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley — the system was devised by Lord Wellesley in 1798 and introduced in Awadh in 1801; the earliest of the five.
(B) Annexation of Awadh — 1856: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was deposed and Awadh annexed.
(C) Mutiny starts in Meerut — 10 May 1857.
(E) British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat — 30 June 1857: the British forces under Henry Lawrence were defeated.
(D) Shah Mal killed in battle — July 1857: the rebel leader of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh was killed in battle.
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