Question

The First Rohilla War took place in the year ___________.
A) 1773-1774
B) 1780-1781
C) 1782-1783
D) 1790-1791

Answer 1

Hint:
Rohillas are a community of Pashtun lineage, archaeologically found in Rohilkhand, a province in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It shapes the major Pashtun dispersion community in India and has given its title to the Rohilkhand province. The Rohilla martial heads inhabited the Hindu-mass section of northern India in the 1720s.

Complete Answer:
The First Rohilla War of 1773–1774 was a disciplinary movement by Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh on the account of Mughal Sovereign, versus the Rohillas, Afghan highlanders inhabited in Rohilkhand, northern India. The Nawab was reinforced by hordes of the British East India Company, in a fruitful movement brought about by the Rohillas defaulting on an obligation to the Nawab. Having been propelled into the highlands by the Marathas, a few years’ prior, the Rohillas had requested for assistance to Shuja-ud-Daulah, at that time a supporter of the British. The Nawab commanded in reimburse 40 rods of gold, that Rohilla heads rejected to reimbursement. The Nawab then determined to capture their nation and petitioned Warren Hastings for aid, which was given in return for a sum of Rs. 40,00,000. Hastings vindicated his act on the ground that the Rohillas were a hazard to the British as exposure of the border of Awadh.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note:
Rohilkhand fell to Awadh, was robbed and conquered. The bulk of the Rohillas disappeared. They escaped across the Ganges in numbers, to lead a guerrilla war; or migrated. A Rohilla state under British fortification was set up in Rampur. Faizullah Khan accomplished the Nawab of the recently formed Rampur state. After his demise, his son Muhammad Ali Khan superseded him who was overthrown by his younger brother and 2nd son of Faizullah Khan called Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur. The ambitions of Afghan Rohillas under him directed him to partake in the Second Rohilla War, in 1794. The main purpose was to recuperate the former lands of Rohillas. Nevertheless, Ghulam Muhammad's ascent to the throne by directing a scheme against his brother was not enjoyed by Britishers, who unaccepted him as monarch of the Rampur state. A huge number of Afghans then gathered to unite with him against the British but eventually, he was overpowered and the state which was now significantly abridged in magnitude was passed over to the newborn son of Muhammad Ali Khan.