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Wavell served as the penultimate viceroy under two prime ministers, Churchill and Attlee.

He came to India as the successor to Lord Linlithgow.

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Argentina was colonized by Spain in the 16th century.

In 1516, Spanish conquistador Juan Díaz de Solís arrived in what is now Argentina.

In 1580, the Spanish established the first permanent settlement in Buenos Aires. 

Spain ruled Argentina for over 300 years, until Argentina declared independence in 1816.

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In 1612 Sir Thomas Roe visited to Mughal Emperor Jahangir to arrange for a commercial treaty that would give the company exclusive rights to reside and build factories in Surat and other areas. Jahangir accepted the proposal and the company created trading posts in Surat (where a factory was built in 1613), Madras (1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690).

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Hyderabad was its currency notes after joining the Dominion of India in 1948 and the Republic in 1950.

The Hyderabadi rupee was an independent currency separate from the Indian rupee.

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Lord Lytton served as Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880.

His administration introduced the Free Trade Policy in 1879, removing restrictions on imported goods to boost British industrial exports to India.

This policy favored British manufacturers at the expense of Indian industries.

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Burma was a British colony.

It was a part of British India from 1824 to 1937.

It was separated from the rest of India in 1937.

It gained independence on January 4, 1948.

The country is now called Myanmar.

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Pitt's India Act of 1784 provided for a joint government of British India by the East India Company and the Crown, with the government holding the ultimate authority.

This act established a Board of Control, which consisted of six members, including a Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The act also reduced the Governor-General's council to three members and gave the Governor-General the final say.

The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay were made subordinate to the Bengal Presidency.

Calcutta became the capital of the British possessions in India.

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In his famous Minute on Education (1835), Thomas Babington Macaulay promoted English as the medium of instruction.

He believed English was essential for creating a class of Indians who could assist in British administration.

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On September 1, 1939, German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air.