1905-1917 Flashcards
Who was the first person to be elected to the Imperial Council after the enactment of Morley Minto Reform, 1909?
Satyendra Sinha
When was the Shimla Deputation held? Who led it?
1906
Aga Khan
What was the purpose of Shimla Deputation?
To demand separate electorate for Muslims
What was the result of Shimla Deputation?
Morley Minto Reform or Councils of India Act 1909
What were the provisions of India Councils Act, 1909?
- Separate electorates for Muslims
- Increase in the number of Imperial and Provincial Legislative Council.
- One Indian was to be appointed to Viceroy’s Executive Council
Who was the founder of Anushilan Samiti ?
Promotha Mitter
Who were the mastermind behind the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case? When was it arranged?
Khudiram Bose
Prafulla Chaki
1908
The conspiracy was arranged to kill sadistic white judge Kingford in Muzaffarpur
Who defeated Aurobindo Ghosh in Alipore Conspiracy Case?
Chittaranjan Das
Who arranged the Burrah Docoity? When was it planned?
Pulin Das of Dacca Anushilan
1908
Who was the organizing secretary of Annie Beasant’s Home Rule League?
George Arundale
Which act is an extension to Defence of Indian Regulation Act, 1915?
Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, March, 1919
A.k.a Rowlatt Act, 1919
What was the principal aim of Rowlatt Act?
The act allowed political activists to be tried without
juries or even imprisoned without trial. It allowed arrest of
Indians without warrant on the mere suspicion of ‘treason’.
When was Satyagraha launched?
April 6, 1919
When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happen?
13th April, 1919
Which occasion led to Rabindranath Tagore renouncing his knighthood?
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Who was given the title ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ by the British? On what occasion?
Mahatma Gandhi for his work during the Boer War.
Which tragedy led Mahatma Gandhi to renounce his epithet of Kaiser-i-Hind?
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
When did Gandhi withdraw the Satyagraha Movement?
18th April, 1919
Who assassinated Michael O’Dwyer, the
Lieutenant-Governor who presided over the brutal British
suppression of the 1919 protests in Punjab?
Udham Singh
Which commission was formed to investigate on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? When was the announcement made for the commencement of investigation by the Committee?
Disorders Inquiry Committee a.k.a Hunter Committee.
14th October, 1919
Who were the three members to have been the part of Hunter’s Committee?
Sir Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad
Pandit Jagat Narayan
Sardar Sahibzyada Sultan Ahmad Khan
Who was the head of Khilafat Committee?
Shaukat Ali
Muhammad Ali
When did the Muslims organize All India Khilafat Movement? Where?
November, 1919 @Delhi
Who was the president of All India Khilafat Committee?
M.K. Gandhi
Which treaty dismembered Turkey?
Treaty of Sevres
When was Non-cooperation Movement launched?
31st August, 1920
What was the reason behind the launch of Non-cooperation Movement?
Khilafat Crisis
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
In which session of INC was the policy of non-cooperation endorsed?
December 1920 @ Nagpur Session
When did the Chaura Chauri incident take place?
February 5, 1922
Who found the Swaraj Party?
C.R. Das as president
Motilal Nehru as secretary
Who were trialed for the Kakori Robbery Case?
Ram Prasad Bismil
Ashfaqullah
Roshan Singh
Rajendra Lahiri
Who changed the name of Hindustan Republic Association to Hindustan Socialist Republic Association?
Chandrashekhar Azad
Who were the mastermind behind Saunder’s murder?
Bhagat Singh
Chandrasekar Azad
Rajguru
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged on __________
March 23, 1931
Who was secretary of the Chittagong District Congress Committee?
Surya Sen
Who was the Prime Minister of the Great Britain during the deployment of Simon’s Commission?
Stanley Baldwin
When did the Simon Commission land in Bombay?
3rd February, 1928
When was the ‘Delhi Manifesto’ issued?
2nd November, 1929
Who led the Vaikom Satyagraha?
Malabar K. Kelappan
Who led the salt satyagraha in Odisha?
Gopabandhu Chaudhuri
Who led the Salt Satyagraha in Nagaland and Manipur?
Rani Gaidinliu
