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UGC NET December 2012 History
Which of the following districts constituted the Northern Circars in the Madras Presidency?
AMustafanagar, Ellore, Kondaveedu, Rajahmundry
BRajahmundry, Mustafanagar, Machilipatnam, Ellore
CMustafanagar, Ellore, Rajahmundry, Chicacole ✓ Correct
DChicacole, Mustafanagar, Ellore, Kondaveedu
Correct answer: (C) Mustafanagar, Ellore, Rajahmundry, Chicacole — The Northern Circars were made up of Mustafanagar, Ellore, Rajahmundry and Chicacole, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The Northern Circars were made up of Mustafanagar, Ellore, Rajahmundry and Chicacole, so that is the answer.
★The Northern Circars were a coastal strip on the eastern, Coromandel side of the peninsula.
★They were granted to the English East India Company and added to the Madras Presidency.
★The grant came from the Mughal emperor and was confirmed in the eighteenth century.
★Control of these districts strengthened the Company's hold on the Andhra coast.
★This expansion was part of the wider growth of British territorial power.
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