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1. When was the East India Company founded?
2. Which Indian cities were the first trading posts established by the East India Company?
3. Why was the Mughal empire weakened, and less able to prevent the British from expanding their power base in India?
4. Why did the East India Company decide to recruit its own army?
5. Which city was captured from the British by local ruler Siraj-ud-Daula in 1756?
6. Which English lieutenant-colonel recaptured Calcutta from Siraj-ud-Daula?
7. How did the British win the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
8. What practice was banned by Governor-General Bentinck in 1829?
9. In what year did Queen Victoria become Empress of India (in addition to being Queen of the United Kingdom)?
10. In 1857 there was a major rebellion against the British. Where did it begin?
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