Monday, 24 August 2015






Fill in the blanks

  1. The greatest incentive to urbanisation during the colonial period was the development of the hill stations.
  2.  The British developed hill stations to escape the heat of the plains and also to recover from the disease of the tropics.
  3. Shimla was built by the British on land they retained after the Gurkha War of 1814–16.
  4.  In Darjeeling, the British introduced the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
  5. The cantonment is a military garrison or a camp.
  6. After the Battle of Seringapatam, the British moved their garrison from Seringapatam to Bengaluru.
  7. The pleasant climate and appropriate location attracted many people from the neighbouring kingdoms to Bengaluru cantonment.

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