Question

What did the East India Company do in India?

• A. It organised revenue resources.
• B. It helped organise rebellions against oppressive monarchs.
• C. It colonised the countryside.
• D. It redefined the rights of people.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

It redefined the rights of people.

The East India Company being an alien entity needed to gain control over the locals. It did so by colonising the countryside through various agriculture defining laws and policies such as the zamindari and mahalwari system.