{"id":148405,"date":"2023-06-30T15:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=148405"},"modified":"2023-06-30T15:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:31:05","slug":"the-fortification-of-calcutta-by-the-british-in-1756-was-regarded-by-the-nawab-of-bengal-siraj-ud-daulah-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/the-fortification-of-calcutta-by-the-british-in-1756-was-regarded-by-the-nawab-of-bengal-siraj-ud-daulah-as\/","title":{"rendered":"The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, as"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) growth of large-scale British trade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) an attack upon his sovereignty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) insecurity of the British in India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d) British control over Bengal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans: (b) an attack upon his sovereignty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explanation: &nbsp;The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, as (b) an attack upon his sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The construction of Fort William by the British East India Company without obtaining permission from the Nawab was seen by Siraj-ud-Daulah as a violation of his authority and an encroachment on his sovereignty. The fortification symbolized the growing British influence and control in Bengal, which threatened the Nawab&#8217;s power and autonomy. This led to Siraj-ud-Daulah&#8217;s anger and his subsequent attack on Calcutta in 1756. Therefore, the correct answer is (b) an attack upon his sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, as (a) growth of large-scale British trade (b) an attack upon his sovereignty (c) insecurity of the British in India (d) British control over Bengal Ans: (b) an attack upon his sovereignty Explanation: &nbsp;The fortification of Calcutta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":148409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-148405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148410,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148405\/revisions\/148410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148405"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=148405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}