Question

    Consider the following battles and powers among which it was fought:

    Match the above pairs correctly using codes given below:

    A 1-b, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1-a, 2-d, 3-c, 4-b Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1-a, 2-d, 3-b, 4-c Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ● Option B is correct: Battle of Wandiwash - The battle of the Third Carnatic War was won by the English in 1760 at Wandiwash (or Vandavasi) in Tamil Nadu. General Eyre Coote of the English completely routed the French army under Thomas Arthur de Lally and took Charles Bussy as the prisoner. ● The Battle of bidara or Battle of hooghly took place in Chinsurah, India in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. This war was fought between the East India companies of the British and the Dutch. The Dutch were invited by Mir Jafar, the Nawab of Bengal to help him get out of the claws of British East India Companies. This reignited earlier Anglo-Dutch tensions and eventually resulted in war. ● Battle of Buxar was between Mir Qasim – (Administering Bengal in place of Mir Jafar – Nawab of Bengal), Shuja-Ud-Daulah – Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), Shah Alam II – Mughal Emperor on one hand and EIC led by Hector Munro on the other ● The Third Battle of Panipat in 1761was fought between the Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali which put an end to the Maratha ambition of ruling over India.

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