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1. This territory became part of the Mogul Empire under Akbar in 1586. In the second half of the 18th century it was included in Ahmad Shah Durrani's Afghan empire. After the Sikh wars it was held by a raja as part of British India in 1846.
2. This territory was founded by the British East India Company ca. 1640. The original fort, St.George, was captured by the French in 1746 but returned in 1749. San Thomé, now part of the city, was founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century and ceded to Britain in 1749.
3. This territory was formerly often known as Nizam's Dominions. It was ruled by the Nizams since 1713, beginning with Asaf Jah, the Mogul governor of the Deccan. It came under British protection in 1798.
4. The resident for the crown in this state (or group of states) resided at Mount Abu.
5. This state/city was one of the capitals of the Muslim state which emerged in India in the late 16th century. It was occupied by the British in 1831. It is noted for the former maharaja's palace.
6. This former princely state with its capital at Trivandrum came under British rule in the 18th century. It merged with Cochin in 1947.
7. By a treaty of 1876 this territory was made virtually a British dependency with capital at Quetta.
8. This territory with capital at Karachi was annexed by Akbar as part of the Mogul Empire in 1591. It was invaded by the British in 1842 and annexed to India as a northern part of Bombay presidency.
9. This town was long the chief Dutch settlement on the Coromandel coast. A fort was built here in 1610 (Fort Geldria).
10. Portuguese India included a territory that was returned to India in 1961. It was called Goa, Daman and ____?
11. French India included five cities which were returned to India 1949-55. Which of these is NOT one of them?
12. This city (also called Kozhikode) was a major British port on the Malabar Coast.
13. Along with Tranquebar this town near Calcutta was the major Danish possession on the Indian east coast. It was developed in the 18th century and acquired by Britain in 1845.
14. Along with the two settlements on the mainland, Denmark possessed an island group in India. They called it Frederiks Øerne (Frederik's Islands.) What is the present names of the islands?
15. Even Austria can be said to have had two "colonies" in India. More precisely, these "colonies" were possessions of the Ostend East-India Company, which then (along with the rest of Flanders) belonged to the Austrian Netherlands. Which two possessions were these?
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