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1. This island was a British crown colony. It became an independent state in 1948 and changed its name in 1972. I want its old name.
2. Parts of this region were annexed by British 1826, another area in 1852 and yet another in 1886. The parts annexed 1826 were called Arakan and Tenasserim.
3. There were also French and Portuguese enclaves in India. All of the alternatives here are French enclaves. But the right answer will be the enclave that is situated in Bengal.
4. This Portuguese enclave was captured by Portugal 1559.
5. This city has the first European fort built in India, by Afonso Albuquerque in 1503.
6. This city was made capital of Travancore 1745.
7. This city was visited by Vasco da Gama 1498 and unsuccessfuly attacked by Albuquerque 1510. The British established themselves here 1664, the French 1698. It was Danish 1752-84, then again British.
8. Shillong was made capital of this district 1874. It is today a state in India, its present capital is Dispur.
9. This former Indian state is now divided among the states Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Its name is also the name of a walled city, today capital of Andhra Pradesh.
10. A Danish settlement was established here 1616. It was taken by British 1801, restored to Denmark 1814 but bought back along with other Danish settlements in India in 1845.
11. An English factory was founded in this city 1608, the first in India and the beginning of the British Empire in India. Seat of British Indian government until 1687.
12. The former name of this city was Fort St.George. Its present name is Chennai. But most of its history it was called _______?
13. This was the earliest British settlement on the Coromandel Coast on the SE coast of India.
14. This city NW of Calcutta was a major river port in early history of British India, but lost much of its importance due to the railroad. It is now capital of Bihar.
15. This former Indian state is now part of Madhya Pradesh state. Capital: Lashkar. It used to be one of the five chief Indian states and was ruled by the Marathas family.
16. The NW part of this region is mainly desert (Thar desert). The region with this official name included 21 Indian states in the region. The Resident for the Crown resided at Mount Abu.
17. This is a former province of British India, but is today divided between India and Pakistan. Capital of this province was Simla. When divided, Chandigarh became capital of Indian part, Lahore of Pakistani.
18. This was also an Indian state under British rule. Its capital is Bhuj. The former state was scene of a military clash between India and Pakistan 1965.
19. This city on the Malabar Coast in SW India was site of a Portuguese factory erected 1596. Captured by British 1783 but the British garrison was forced by Tipu Sahib to capitulate 1784. Restored to British authority 1799.
20. This city replaced Calcutta as capital of British India 1912.
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