British Rule in India Quiz

On September 2, 1946, the freshly elected Constituent Assembly came together to form the Interim Government of India. With 69 percent of the Assembly's seats, the Indian National Congress enjoyed a commanding majority, and the Muslim League held nearly all of the seats designated for Muslims.

Governor General Warren Hastings decided to make Calcutta the capital of British India in 1772.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak initiated yearly festivities in honour of Shivaji and Lord Ganesha. These celebrations were created to promote a sense of nationalism among the common people and to raise awareness of freedom in defiance of colonial power.

Sir William Jones established the Asiatic Society in January 1784 to advance the cause of Oriental research. In order to start an organisation for Asian studies, Jones wrote a circular letter to a select group of British citizens in Calcutta.

The Ilbert Bill was a piece of legislation created by Sir Courtenay Peregine Ilbert, the legitimate member of the Council of the Governor-General of India, and it was publicly introduced on February 9, 1883, during the Viceroyalty of the Marquess of Ripon.

On March 14, 1878, the Viceroy's Council unanimously approved the Act, which was introduced by Lytton, the viceroy of India at the time.

In June 1863, Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to pass the Indian Civil Service Exam. He was Rabindranath Tagore's brother.

Lord Curzon was passionate in preserving India's historic monuments from the past.

The British Raj, often known as Crown rule in India or direct rule in India, was the British Crown's rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947.

Lord Mountbatten served as India's final Viceroy. He was in office from 1947 to 1948.

The first Opium War was won by Great Britain. China had to pay Great Britain back for its losses from the opium trade, hand up Hong Kong Island to the British, and increase the number of treaty ports where the British might trade and settle.

In 1772, Warren Hastings dissolved the Dual system of Government and placed Bengal under the full authority of the British. The Nawabs continued to be treated by the East India Company as merely pensioners.

While serving as the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805, Lord Wellesley developed the subsidiary alliance in India. The princely Indian nations and the British East India Company signed the Subsidiary Alliance, which required the Indian kingdoms to give power to the English.

Lord Wellesley proposed it in order to give the British control over princely kingdoms. Under this system, a ruler of India was required to keep British troops in his state by either giving up some of his holdings or paying for their upkeep.

Due of Dadabhai Naoroji's involvement in the Indian national struggle for six decades, he was referred to as the Grand Old Man of India.

The English East India Company and the combined troops of Mir Qasim (the nawab of Bengal), the nawab of Awadh, and the mughal ruler Shah Alam II engaged in battle at the Battle of Buxar in 1764. The British's victory at the Battle of Buxar established them as masters of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.

British India's provinces were governed by the Government of India Act (1919). It was the first time the democratic principle had been applied to the executive branch of the Indian government run by the British.

The British rejected Nana Saheb's claim to be the Peshwa. He joined the Revolt of 1857 as a result of being upset by this. He and a few sepoys stormed and took control of the British entrenchment at Kanpur.

The 1947 Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament, dividing India into the independent nations of Pakistan and India. The Labour Party's administration under Clement Attlee drafted the legislation.

According to popular belief, Lord Ripon is credited with founding local self-government in India. He established representative institutions in India and created local self governance. His local self-government plan gave rise to the municipal institutions that have been developing ever since in the nation.