Battles fought before 1857.

Posted on : 18 Jan 2020

• The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
• The first Anglo-Burmese War was fought between1824 to 1826.
• The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the British East India Company and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842, in which the British were defeated.
• The two Anglo–Sikh wars were fought between the British empire and the Kingdom of Punjab from:
• First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46)
• Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49)
• Santhal rebellion took place in 1855 in the Chotanagpur region.

Article Related Questions

1. Arrange the following events in a chronological order that took place before the Revolt of 1857?
   1.First Anglo-Afghan War
   2.Anglo-Sikh Wars
   3.First Anglo-Burmese War
   4.Santhal Uprising
   5.Third Anglo-Maratha war
   Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

2.2, 3, 1, 5 and 4

3.3, 4, 1 and 2

4.5, 3, 1, 2 and 4

Right Ans : 5, 3, 1, 2 and 4

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2. The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that occured in the preceding hundred years of British Rule. Elucidate (Answer in 150 words) - 2019 Mains

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