Who among the following were sent from India to the court of the Shah of Persia (Iran) as British envoys in Lord Wellesley's time?
- 1. John Malcolm
- 2. Mehdi Ali Khan
- 3. Raja Shiv Prasad
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- AOnly 1
- BOnly 2
- CBoth 1 and 2
- D1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: (c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation
Lord Wellesley (Governor-General 1798–1805) feared that Napoleon might attack India through Persia and Afghanistan. To win the Shah of Persia over, he sent missions to the Persian court: first Mehdi Ali Khan (1798) and then Captain John Malcolm (1800), who signed treaties with the Shah against the French and the Afghans.
Raja Shiv Prasad "Sitara-e-Hind" (1823–1895) was a later scholar and educationist who promoted Hindi in the Nagari script.