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Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT true?
i)Venkatapathy Nayak gave the British the land grant of Madrasapatnam.
ii) Francis Day and Andrew Cogan was jointly
responsible for the construction of
Fort St. George.
iii) In 1969, the state of Madras was
rechristened as Chennai.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT true?
i)Venkatapathy Nayak gave the British the land grant of Madrasapatnam.
ii) Francis Day and Andrew Cogan was jointly
responsible for the construction of
Fort St. George.
iii) In 1969, the state of Madras was
rechristened as Chennai.
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Solution
The correct option is C Only iii
Francis Day received the official grant for the land from the Raja of Chandragiri, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak. The British were offered land between the Cooum river and Egmore.
Statement 2 is true:
Francis Day and Andrew Cogan received consent to establish a factory-cum-trading post and a fort at Madrasapatnam. The fort they built here is what became the famous Fort St. George settlement.
Statement 3 is NOT true:
The state of Madras gained its present name of Tamil Nadu in 1969. Its capital city, Madras, was officially rechristened as Chennai on 17 July 1996.
Francis Day received the official grant for the land from the Raja of Chandragiri, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak. The British were offered land between the Cooum river and Egmore.
Statement 2 is true:
Francis Day and Andrew Cogan received consent to establish a factory-cum-trading post and a fort at Madrasapatnam. The fort they built here is what became the famous Fort St. George settlement.
Statement 3 is NOT true:
The state of Madras gained its present name of Tamil Nadu in 1969. Its capital city, Madras, was officially rechristened as Chennai on 17 July 1996.
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