Change set

Pick exam & year, then Go.

Question map
Not attempted Correct Incorrect ★ Bookmarked
Loading…
Q61 (IAS/2001) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Modern India personalities Answer Verified

Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines ?

Result
Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: D
Explanation

Tipu Sultan established organized, state-level diplomatic missions abroad: he sent an embassy to Constantinople and another to Paris in 1787 as part of efforts to secure allies against the British [1]. He continued this outreach, dispatching emissaries to Paris again in 1796 and receiving a French emissary in 1797, while cultivating ties with French interests such as Mauritius [2]. Earlier exploratory and large missions to the Ottoman Sublime Porte — notably a 1785 mission led by Ghulam Ali Khan involving some 900 people — demonstrate an institutionalized, reciprocal envoy system comparable to embassies on modern lines [3]. These sustained, formal exchanges distinguish Tipu from the other rulers listed.

Sources

  1. [1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 18: Early Resistance to British Rule > Third Mysore War (1790-92) > p. 281
  2. [2] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 18: Early Resistance to British Rule > Fourth Mysore War (1799) > p. 282
  3. [3] https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijhcs/v4-i1/1.pdf
How others answered
Each bar shows the % of students who chose that option. Green bar = correct answer, blue outline = your choice.
Community Performance
Out of everyone who attempted this question.
78%
got it right
✓ Thank you! We'll review this.

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

5 Cross-Linked PYQs

UPSC repeats concepts across years. Login to see how this question connects to 5 others.

Login with Google