History - Modern India Flashcards
The First Independence Day was decided in this session.
Lahore session, 1929
First independence day was decided as _____.
26th Jan, 1930
Civil Disobedience movement happened in this year.
1930
Dandi March happened on ____.
12 March, 1930
- from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi
___ was known as frontier Gandhi.
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
The Pathans organised the ___ which meant ‘servants of God’ aka Red Shirts.
Khudai Khidmatgars
- pledged to non-violence through the freedom struggle
This 13 year old took part in the freedom struggle and was captured in 1932.
Rani Gaidilieu
- released after independence
The First Round Table Conference was summoned by the British in London on ____.
12 Nov, 1930
The Delhi pact was a series of negotiations between ____.
Gandhi & Irwin
- March, 1931
Who is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries?
Madam Cama
- credited with designing India’s first tricolour flag with green, saffron and red stripes
On the suggestion of Rabindra Nath Tagore, the date of partition of Bengal (October 16, 1905) was celebrated as ___.
Rakhi Bandhan Day
Who was father of renaissance of Western India?
MG Ranade
- one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress
Lucknow pact was signed between Indian National Congress and _____ in 1916.
Muslim League
Who is known as the “Saint of Dakhineshwar”?
Ramkrishna Paramahansa
Satyagraha was started by Gandhi in 1919 to protest against the _____.
Rowlatt Act
- empowered the government to punish anyone without trial and judicial review
The term ‘Boycott of British Goods’ was used in which of the movements?
Swadeshi Movement
At which place was the All India Khilafat Conference held in 1919?
Delhi
Which Union Territory of India was occupied by Japan during World War II?
Andaman and Nicobar
Who among the following fixed August 16, 1946 as ‘Direct Action Day’?
Muslim League
- also known as Calcutta Killings was a communal violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta
Who was the editor of Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser, which was the first English language newspaper, and first printed newspaper, to be published in the Indian sub-continent?
James Augustus Hickey
Who prepared the draft of Quit India Resolution?
Nehru
This Act allowed for the establishment of the All India Federation.
Government of India Act, 1935
Muslim League observed 22 Dec, 1939 as ____ day.
Deliverance Day.
____ was the outcome of the August Offer to adhere the taste of freedom and was a movement not only to seek independence but also to affirm the right of speech.
Individual satyagarh
Who was the first individual Satyagrahi?
Vinoba Bhave
- Jawaharlal Nehru was second
Who put forward the August Offer?
Lord Linlithgow
- dominion in unforeseen future
The Congress met here when it passed the Quit India Movement, 1942.
Gowaliya Tank, Bombay
Gandhi gave the slogan Do or Die during this time.
Quit India Movement, 1942
The first parallel government was set up in ____.
Balia, UP
- by Chittu Pandeya
The parallel government with the longest term was ____.
Satara, Maharashtra
- by Chavan and Nana Patil
‘Qui India’ term was coined by ____.
Yusuf Meherally
____ was a plan for a new Executive Council in which all members except the Viceroy and the Commander in Chief would be Indians.
Wavell Plan, 1945
- aka Shimla Conference
Jinnah proposed the Two-Nation theory in this session.
Lahore session, 1940
- for creation of Pakistan
The idea for an Indian National Army was conceived by _____.
Mohan Singh
INA Day
12 Nov, 1945
16 August 1946 is considered as ____.
Direct Action Day
____ played the most important role in the integration of states.
Vallabhai Patel
First Indian to demand Swaraj
Dadabhai Naoroji
- aka Indian Gladstone / Grand ol’ Man of India
First Indian to be elected to House of Commons on liberal party ticket
Dadabhai Naoroji
____ prepared the Lotus Son [English translation of Gita]
Annie Besant
____ founded the Home Rule League.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- ‘swaraj is my birthright’ guy
First novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Durgesnandini
___ was titled ‘mightiest Prophet of Nationalism’ by Aurobindo Ghosh.
Bipin Chandra Pal
Tagore’s first poem was published in the ____.
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913 for this work.
Gitanjali
Sher-a-Punjab (Lion of Punjab)
Lala Lajpat Rai
First woman to participate in the Indian freedom struggle.
Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu became the first woman to be the Governor of ____.
Uttar Pradesh
Books by Sarojini Naidu
The Golden Threshold
Feather of the Dawn
Bird of Time
Broken Wing
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was awarded the ____ in 1954.
Bharat Ratna
Architect of Modern India
Nehru
Ambedkar introduced the ____ bill.
Hindu Code Bill
_____ gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’.
Subhash Chandra Bose
The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at ____.
Surat
The revolutionary organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by ____.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Which newspapers were started by Annie Besant?
The Commonweal
New India
The Lahore Conspiracy Case (1928-31) was registered against whom?
Bhagat Singh
Who founded the newspaper “The Tribune” in 1881?
Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia
On which date was the resolution for giving effect to Constitution of India adopted?
22nd January, 1947
Where did Vasco Da Gama set up a factory when he came to India for the second time?
Cannanore
One of the popular contributions of Ranjit Singh was the rebuilt of Harmandir Sahib. What is another name of Harmandir Sahib?
Golden Temple
The Durand line agreement between India and Afghanistan was approved in which year?
1893
Who influenced Gandhiji by the philosophy of civil disobedience?
David Thoreau
In which year was the Press Trust of India Ltd established?
1947
- started functioning in 1949
Rabindranath Tagore quoted “One wonders how God, in the process of producing forty million Bengalis, produced a man” about whom?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Which act was passed to suppress the Indigo revolt?
Act XI 1860
In which year did Vasco da Gama discover the sea route to India?
1498
Where is the tomb of Lord Cornwallis situated?
Ghazipur
Which parties did not support Quit India Movement?
The Hindu Mahasabha
The Communist Party of India
The Unionist Party of Punjab
The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to this event.
Simon Commission
Partition of Bengal took place in which year?
1905
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was endorsed in which session of the Congress?
Karachi
Who was the finance minister in the interim government formed on 2 September 1946?
Liaqat Ali
