During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Punjab to grow __________
Wheat
During British rule, Punjab was developed as the empire's granary. The British built an extensive canal colonies network (Upper Bari Doab, Sirhind, Lower Chenab, Lower Jhelum canals) that transformed arid tracts into irrigated farmland, and cultivators were persuaded or coerced into growing wheat — a commercial cash crop exported to Britain and used to feed the army and administration.
Jute belonged to Bengal, tea to Assam and the southern hills, and sugarcane was not the British focus in Punjab.
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Important Questions from Modern India (National Movement )
The policy of annexation is extensively applied if the kingdom doesn't have a natural heir and if the British disapproved of the adopted heir. From the given options, select the policy discussed here:
Match the following (Leaders of Chhattisgarh imprisoned during Quit India Movement of 1942 and places)
List - I
(Leaders)
List - II
(Places)
A. Tretanath Tiwari 1. Malkapur B. Raghunandan Pd. Singhrol 2. Raipur C. Amar Singh Sahgal 3. Bilaspur D. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla 4. Durg Which of the following personalities of this state was pioneer in the field of emancipation of untouchables ?
Tipu Sultan and British East India Company signed the Treaty of Mangalore in the year _______.
When was the Battle of Waterloo fought ?
