Consider the following statements with reference to the establishment of the European rule in India:

1. Dupleix, governor of Pondicherry was behind the idea of subsidiary alliance.

2. Godehu, successor of Dupleix, adopted a policy of confronting English power.

3. Portuguese governor Nino da cunha was a contemporary of Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

Solution

● Statement 1 is correct: Dupleix became the Governor General of Pondicherry in 1741. Dupleix started the policy of subsidiary alliance in India. He was the first European to interfere in the internal politics of the Indian rulers and placed a French army in Hyderabad at the expense of the subadar. Dupleix reduced public expenditure, cut salaries of officers etc. He supported Muzzaffar Jang to be the Nawab of Hyderabad and Chanda Sahib as the Nawab of Carnatic. His candidates emerged successful and gave great concessions to Dupleix in return. ● Statement 2 is incorrect: Charles Rorbert Godeheu succeeded Dupleix as the French governor general in India. He adopted policy of negotiations with the English and concluded treaty with them. ● Statement 3 is correct: Nino da Cunha assumed office of the governor of Portuguese interests in India in November 1529. Cunha shifted the headquarters of the Portuguese government from Cochin to Goa in India.Qutbud-Din Bahadur Shah (Bahadur Khan) was a sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty. He reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India. The Mughal Emperor Humayun attacked Gujarat in 1532. Bahadur Shah regained the kingdom in 1536 but he was killed by the Portuguese on board the ship when making a deal with them.