Question

The British entered into Jharkhand for the first time from the side of _______.
1. Pakur
2. Chatra
3. Palamu
4. Singhbhum

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Singhbhum

The correct answer is Singhbhum.

• During the Mughal period, the Jharkhand area was known as Kukara.
• After the year 1765, it came under the control of the British Empire and became formally known under its present title, "Jharkhand" - the Land of "Jungles" (forests) and "Jharis" (bushes).
• In 1765, Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company.
• The British entry in Jharkhand was first done from the side of Singhbum-Manbhum.
  At that time, the main states in Singhbhum were- Dhalbhum, Porhat, and Kolhan.
• The first intervention of the British in the affairs of the Chero Raj of Palamu occurred in 1772 owing to the quarrels between two rival Chero factions.
• The British, for the first time, came in contact with Chatra regions in 1769 A.D.