MODERN HISTORY Flashcards
Muhammadan literary society was founded by?
Sayyid Ahmad Khan at Calcutta in 1863.
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded by?
Sayyid Ahmed Khan at Aligarh in 1875.
He interpreted Quran in the light of contemporary rationalism and science. He was opposed to communal friction, appealing to Hindus and Muslims to unite, he was a great believer in religious toleration.
In which Congress session, the Congress formally announced its changed policy towards princely states, from that of non intervention to the removal of any self imposed constraint in its participation in the princely states?
Tripuri Session, 1939.
In the context of Indian history, the standstill Agreement is related to which of the following?
As part of Princely states reorganization, and agreement signed between Indian government and Nizam of Hyderabad.
All India States People’s Conference was organised by?
- Some of the States in which praja mandals or States’ People’s Conferences were organized were Mysore, Hyderabad, Baroda, the Kathiawad States, the Deccan States, Jamnagar, Indore, and Nawanagar. - This process came to a head in December 1927 at Bombay (first session) with the convening of the All India States’ People’s Conference (AISPC) which was attended by 700 political workers from the States.
- It was presided by Dewan Bahadur Ram Chandra Rao.
- The men chiefly responsible for this initiative were Balwantrai Mehta, Maniklal Kothari and G.R. Abhayankar.
Consider following statements regarding Cripps Proposal, 1942.
1. Sir Stafford Cripps, the head of the misson, strongly supported the Indian National Movement.
2. It aimed for the earliest possible realization of self goverment in India.
True/false?
Both are true.
What was the Bardoli Resolution?
The Congress Working Committee of 12 February 1922 popularly known as the Bardoli resolution which while announcing the withdrawal, asked the peasants to pay taxes and tenants to pay rents. This, they say, was the real though hidden motive behind the historic decision of February 1922.
All India Tilak Memorial Swaraj Fund?
In the Nagpur session of the Congress which was held on December 1921, a decision was taken to create the All India Tilak Memorial Swaraj Fund (in the memory of Bal Gangadhar Tilak) to raise funds for the Non Cooperation Movement. Bombay played a central role in the collection of funds for it.
Trutiya Ratna (1855) which is based on the exploitation of shudras was published by?
Jyotibha Phule.
Bibighar Massacre is related to?
Killings of English occupants near Kanpur by sepoys of Nanasaheb Peshwa.
General Committee of Public Instruction (History of Modern India) is related to?
In 1823, the Governor General in Council appointed a General Committee of Public Instruction which had the responsibility to grant the one lakh rupees for education. The Committee was headed by Lord Macaulay.
