Mysore, Colonial Karnataka and the Unification — Practice

Question 1

In which year did Tipu Sultan die, and where?

Accepted Answer

1799, defending Srirangapatna in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

Question 2

When was Mysore State renamed Karnataka, and under which Chief Minister?

Accepted Answer

On 1 November 1973, under D. Devaraj Urs.

Question 3

Distinguish the Treaty of Mangalore from the Treaty of Srirangapatna.

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Mangalore (1784) closed the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The Treaty of Srirangapatna (1792) closed the Third, and Tipu lost about half his territory and paid an indemnity.

Question 4

Why is Mysore called a model princely state under its Dewans?

Accepted Answer

Planned development under Dewans such as Sir M. Visvesvaraya (1912-1918) gave Mysore the Krishnaraja Sagara dam on the Kaveri, completed in 1932, the Mysore University (1916) and early hydel power, so the state was cited for engineering and education.

Question 5

Who was Kittur Chennamma, and why is 1824 significant?

Accepted Answer

A queen of Kittur who led an armed revolt in 1824 after the Company refused to recognise her adopted heir. Her forces killed the collector Thackeray. She was captured and died in custody, and her commander Sangolli Rayanna continued resistance until he was hanged in 1831.

Question 6

Explain why the Ekikarana movement arose and how it achieved unification.

Accepted Answer

Kannada-speaking people lived under the princely state of Mysore, British provinces of Bombay and Madras, the Nizam's Hyderabad and Coorg. Cultural bodies such as the Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha at Dharwad (1890) and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat at Bangalore (1915) built a shared identity, and Aluru Venkata Rao gave it historical argument. The States Reorganisation Commission accepted language as the basis, and the enlarged Mysore State was formed on 1 November 1956.

Question 7

Trace Mysore's political status from 1799 to 1881.

Accepted Answer

After Tipu's fall in 1799 the British restored the Wodeyar family, with Purnaiah as Dewan. After the Nagar revolt the state came under direct British administration from 1831. It was handed back to the Wodeyars in 1881, the Rendition, and became a model princely state under later Dewans.

Question 8

Name two events of 1938 in Mysore state associated with the Congress.

Accepted Answer

The Shivapura flag satyagraha and the police firing at Vidurashwatha, called the Jallianwala Bagh of Karnataka.

Practice — Mysore, Colonial Karnataka and the Unification

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