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With reference to Awadh, who uttered the statement, ‘A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day’?

With reference to Awadh, who uttered the statement, ‘A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day’? Correct Answer Lord Dalhousie

The correct answer is Lord Dalhousie.

Key Points

  • Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, in 1851 describes the kingdom of Awadh as "A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day" said during the Annexation of Awadh.
  • The Subsidiary Alliance had been imposed on Awadh in 1801, by the terms of this alliance Nawab had to disband his Military force, allowed the British troops to position their troops within Kingdom.
  •  Nawab became increasingly dependent on the British to maintain law and order within the Kingdom.
  •  In fact, the British acquired Awadh for producing Indigo and Cotton.
  • The region was ideally located to be developed into the principal market of upper India and was expected to complete a process of territorial annexation.
  • Dethroning of Wajid Ali shah - Annexation of Awadh.

 Additional Information

Lord Dalhousie

(1848-56)
  • Original Name - James Andrew Broun Ramsay.
  • Abolished titles and pensions, Introduction of Widow Remarriage Bill.
  • Introduced Doctrine of Lapse, Fought Anglo- Sikh War (1848-49), annexed the whole of Punjab, Anglo- Burmese War (1852), Annexation of Berar in 1853, Annexation of Awadh in 1856 on charges of maladministration.

Lord William Bentinck

(1828-33)
  • Most liberal and enlightened Governor-General of India.
  • Regarded as 'Father of Modern Western Education in India', Abolished Sati and other cruel rites (1829).
  • The annexation of Mysore (1831), Concluded a treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh (1831), passed the Charter Act of 1833. 

Lord Wellesley 

(1798-1805)
  • Started the Subsidiary Alliance system to achieve British paramountcy in India.
  • Nizam Ali (Nizam of Hyderabad) was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of a subsidiary alliance in 1798.
  • Madras presidency formed during his tenure.

Lord Hardinge

(1910-16)
  • Annulment of Partition of Bengal in 1911, Transfer of capital ​from Calcutta to Delhi.
  • Delhi Darbar and Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911.
  • Establishment of Hindu Mahasabha by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1915. 

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