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Modern Indian History UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following is not correctly matched:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Lord Hastings - Second Anglo Maratha War

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Lord Hastings - Second Anglo Maratha War”.
1) The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was brought into effect by the East India Company headed by the Governor-General Lord Cornwallis in 1793.

2) The subsidiary alliance in India was planned by Lord Wellesley, but this term was introduced by French Governor Dupleix.

3) Lord Wellesley was the Governor General of Bengal during the Second Anglo Maratha war.

4) The Bengal Sati Regulation (Regulation XVII) was passed by the then Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck making the practice of Sati illegal in all of British India.

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