Many of the Company men, inspired by Enlightenment ideals of cosmopolitanism, became great admirers of Indian culture and were fond of what was known as “going native,” even to the point of occasionally wielding power as local magnates or _________, a term which later came to be generally used to define anyone who acquired a large fortune in India under British rule.
a. nabobs
b. sepoys
c. jawan
d. gentoos
a. nabobs
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The Mormons based their ideas for society on the importance of the
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