History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2014 History
Who acted on 'the theory that the annexation of Sind would be a very beneficent piece of rascality, a robbery to be plausibly effected'?
ALord Auckland
BSir Charles Napier ✓ Correct
CSir John Keane
DMajor James Outram
Correct answer: (B) Sir Charles Napier — Sir Charles Napier acted on this theory, so the answer is Sir Charles Napier.
Explanation
★Sir Charles Napier acted on this theory, so the answer is Sir Charles Napier.
★He admitted that the seizure of Sind would be a kind of robbery.
★Yet he held that it would be a beneficial act of rascality.
★He carried out the annexation of Sind in 1843.
★He is said to have sent the famous one-word message 'Peccavi', meaning 'I have sinned'.
★The conquest of Sind added to British power in the north-west.
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