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History - Modern India Flashcards

1
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The viceroy during the Quit India Movement [1942].

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Lord Linlithgow

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2
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First governor-general of free India

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Lord Mountbatten

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____ founded the Brahmo Samaj

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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____ founded the Arya Samaj

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Swami Dayanand Saraswati

  • also known as the earliest Neo-nationalist
  • motto: go back to the Vedas and India for the Indians
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5
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Arya Samaj started the ___ to convert non-Hindus to Hinduism

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Shuddhi Movement

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6
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_____ was started by Swami Vivekananda after the death of his guru to carry on humanitarian and relief work.

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Ramakrishna Mission

  • popularised by Margaret Noble after his death
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7
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____ led Dharma Sabha which was created to counter the Brahmo Samaj.

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Raja Radhakant Dev

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____ was called the Brahmo Samaj of the South

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Veda Samaj

  • by Sridharalu Naidu
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9
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Founder of the Young Bengal Movement.

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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

  • editor of Calcutta and Indian Gazette
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Founder of the Theosophical Society

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Madam Blavatsky & Olcott

Theosophical Society of India was founded by Annie Besant

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11
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This caste movement in Maharashtra started a school for untouchables.

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Satya Shodhak Samaj

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First meeting of the Indian National Congress was organized by ____.

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AO Hume

  • at Gokuldas Sanskrit College
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First woman graduate of Calcutta University who addressed the Congress Session.

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Kadambini Ganguly

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14
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1st president of the INC in 1885

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WC Bonnerjee

  • Gandhi became president in 1924
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15
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Examples of extremist leader during freedom struggle

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Lal-Bal-Pal, Aurobindo Ghose, Chidambaram Pillai

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____ ordered the Partition of Bengal

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Lord Curzon

  • 16th Oct, 1905
  • to divide population of Bengal based on religious grounds
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17
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Tagore composed ___ during partition of Bengal.

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Amar Sonar Bangla

  • adopted as National Anthem by Bangladesh after liberation from Pakistan
18
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Swadeshi movement emphasised on ___.

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Atmashakti / self-reliance

19
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____ & ____ led the Vandemataram movement in the South.

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BC Pal & Chidambaram Pillai

20
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____ & ____ led the Vandemataram movement in the North.

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Lala Lajpat Rai & Ajit Singh

21
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Leaders of the Muslim League

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Aga Khan
Nawab Salimullah
Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk

  • set up in 1906
22
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This president of the INC session declared for Swaraj.

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Dadabhai Naoroji

23
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When was the Surat split

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1907

  • INC split into moderates and extremists
24
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The first systematic critique of the moderates was by ____.

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Aurobindo in his ‘New lamps for old’ in the Indu Prakash

25
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Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also called ____.

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Morley-Minto Reforms

26
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Tilak served a sentence for 6 years in ____.

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Mandalay

27
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____ said ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’.

A

Tilak

  • he had 2 newspapers: Maratha & Kesari
28
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____ coined the term ‘commonwealth’.

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Annie Besant

29
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____ session was the first that united the extremists and moderates in the INC.

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Lucknow session, 1916

30
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Year of Rowlatt Act

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1919

  • authorised the government to arrest anyone without trial
31
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Gandhi returned to India in ___.

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Jan, 1915

32
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First Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India

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Champaran Satyagraha, 1917

  • 1st civil disobedience movement
33
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First hunger strike during freedom struggle

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Ahmedabad Mill Strike, 1918

34
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First non-cooperation movement during freedom struggle

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Kheda Satyagraha, 1918

35
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____ was appointed to inquire into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 13 April 1919

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Hunter Commission

36
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First mass based political movement under Gandhi

A

Non-Cooperation Movement

37
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Non-Cooperation Movement saw the popularization of these two commodities.

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Charkha & Khadi

38
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The police station that was attacked on 5th Feb, 1922 was in ____.

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Chauri Chaura

39
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____ movement began for the reformation and control of Gurudwaras.

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Akali Movement

40
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___ & ____ founded the Independent Congress Party

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Madan Mohan Malaviya & Lala Lajpat Rai

41
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Simon Commission was also known as:

A

Indian Statutory Commission, 1927

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