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third woman president of congress
Nellie Sengupta was elected in his place, thus becoming the third woman, and the second European-born woman to be elected. She was elected president by the party for her contribution to the party and the country. She was also elected as an Alderman to the Calcutta Corporation in 1933 and 1936.
raja moonje pact
The Rajah-Moonje Pact (concluded in 1932) was an accord between M.C. Rajah, President of the All India Depressed Classes Association, and B.S. Moonje of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Statement 1 is correct: The Pact was the first ever agreement on reservations and a joint electorate between caste Hindus and the Depressed Classes.
Statement 2 is incorrect: B.R Ambedkar did not endorse the Pact as he was a staunch protagonist of a separate electorate.
Statement 3 is correct: The Rajah-Moonje Pact (February, 1932) was superseded six months later by the Poona Pact (September, 1932), which reiterated the agreement on reservations for the depressed Classes with a joint electorate. The Poona Pact was negotiated between Dr. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi.
The Inland Emigration Act 1859 was about
The Inland Emigration Act was passed by the colonial government in 1859. It prevented plantation workers in Assam from leaving the tea garden without permission.
ANNIE beasant opened Central Hindu College at Banaras for girl’s education based on Theosophical Principles
Annie Besant laid the foundation of the Central Hindu College in Benaras for boys in 1898, encouraging both Hindu religion and Western scientific subjects to be taught. The college became the nucleus for the formation of Benaras Hindu University in 1916.
“A code of Gentoo Laws, 1776” was related to
The book “A code of Gentoo Laws, 1776” consists of the Hindu laws originally translated into Persian and then here in English. The English translations are made regarding the Hindu scriptures. These native laws, as mentioned in the translator’s preface, were to be used in the courts of the East India Company in Bengal, British India. Warren Hastings, then Governor-general of India, created a code of Gentoo Laws in 1776, also known as the Gentoo code.
Manav Dharma Sabha- founder and aim?
in Surat by Durgaram Manchharam Mehta, Dadoba Pandurang
Tarkhadkar and a few others. The main objective of Manav Dharma Sabha was to highlight the positive side of true religion based on truth and morality. The organization accepted the concept of monotheism, a concept which belies in existence of one God only. The organization used to organize public meetings
every Sunday in which the speakers used to exhort to give up casteism
Bharat Durdasha was a book written by
Bharatendu Harishchandra
) With reference to the Summary Settlement of 1856, consider the following statements
1. It was the first British revenue settlement in Awadh.
2. It recognized taluqdars as permanent landowners and extended the right to collect the revenue
After the annexation of Awadh by Dalhousie, the first British revenue settlement, known as the Summary Settlement of 1856 So, statement 1 is correct
It was based on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in the land: they had established their hold over land through force and fraud.
- The Azamgarh Proclamation (25th August 1857) consisted of demands of which of the following sections?
. Zamindars
2. Merchants
3. Public Servants
4. Artisans
5. Pundits and Fakirs
Consider the following statements about the Eka Movement:
1. It was a peasant revolt that started towards the end of 1921 in the Awadh region against the oppressive Taluqdars and Zamindars.
2. The Eka (Unity) meetings involved many symbolic religious rituals.
3. It demanded the abolishment of the Taluqdari and Zamindari systems.
1 and 2 only
It did not demand the abolishment of Zamindari and Taluqdari as a system or redistribution of land, as it mainly represented the interest of tenants and petty landlords. In the hands of the Eka organizers, this traditionalism began to break as Taluqdars and Zamindars were attacked not only economically but also socially. One of the pledges of the Eka demanded that the peasantry resist any form of oppression
from both, as any hope of justice from them had disappeared. Despite this, they did not demand the abolishment of the Zamindari and taluqdari system.
Which of the following were present in the Bardoli resolution (1922)?
1. Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation movement.
2. They asked peasants to pay up taxes.
3. Assured Zamindars that Congress has no hidden motives to deprive their rights.
1, 2 and 3
The Bombay Presidency Association was started by
y Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah Mehta and K.T. Telang
First Arya Samaj unit was formally set up by Dayanantha Saraswathi at
Bombay in 1875 and later the
headquarters of the Samaj were established at Lahore.
Gurukul Party and College Party are related to
. After the death of Dayananda in 1883, the work of the Arya samaj was carried on by illustrious members. The Dayananda Anglo Vedic (D.A.V.) College was established in 1886 at Lahore. But a difference of opinion between two groups in the samaj arose
over the curriculum of the D.A.V. College.
➢ College Party /Culture’ Party led by Lala Hansraj, Lala Lal Chand and Lala Lajpat Rai.
➢ Mahatma /Gurukul Party led by Guru Datta Vidyarthi and Lala Munshi Ram.
While the College Party favoured the government curriculum and English education to meet economic and professional needs, the Mahatma Party was interested in introducing the study of Sanskrit and Vedic philosophy in the tradition of ancient gurukuls
The provision of “Instrument of Accession” was introduced by
a) Government of India Act of 1919
b) Government of India Act of 1935
c) Cabinet Mission
d) Government of India Act of 1947
Government of India Act of 1935
The Native Marriage Act (or Civil Marriage Act), 1872
for prohibiting child marriage, the Act was not applicable to Hindus, Muslims and other recognised faiths.
Responsivists among Swarajists
Lala Lajpat Rai, Madan Mohan Malaviya and N.C. Kelkar
- With reference to Indian National Congress(INC), consider the following statements
- The idea of the formation of INC emerged in a meeting of the Theosophical Society in Madras presided by A.O. Hume.
- W.C.Bonnerjee was elected as the first president of INC
1884, Allan Octavian Hume, a retired English ICS officer, presided over a meeting of the
Theosophical Society in Madras. The formation of a political organization that would work on an all-India
basis was discussed, and the idea of forming the Indian National Congress emerged in this meeting
) Both 1 and 2
The revolutionary activity was dominated by the Hindustan Republican Association/Army or HRA (later renamed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association or HSRA). The HRA was founded in
. The HRA was founded in October 1924
in Kanpur by Ramprasad Bismil, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee and Sachin Sanyal
