Indian History Quiz

Annie Besant served as the Indian National Congress's first woman president. She was a  British socialist, theosophist, women's rights advocate, author, speaker and philanthropist. She was a fierce supporter for human freedom and self-rule in both Ireland and India.

In modern Indian history, there was a campaign known as the Ahmedabad Mill Strike, during which textile mill workers in Ahmedabad battled for economic justice after the mill owners stopped paying plague bonuses.

The reason Churchill is most renowned is for leading Britain through World War Two. He was well known for his motivational speeches and for standing his ground under difficult circumstances.

On December 9, 1946, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi in the Constitution Hall, currently called the Central Hall of Parliament House.

Lord Canning proposed the 1861 Indian Councils Act. The primary goal of this Act was to establish an institutionalised council that would include Indians. The British intended to seek Indians help through this Act.

Two home rule leagues were established. In April 1916, Tilak established the Indian Home Rule League in Belgaum and Annie Besant in Madras in September 1916. Their shared goal was to see India achieve self-government.

In 1932, Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar came to an agreement on behalf of Dalits, lower caste Hindu leaders, and the depressed classes, known as the Poona Pact to reserve seats for them in the British Indian assembly.

Diarchy refers to a system with two governments, one of which is responsible and the other not. The province's subjects were split into two groups. While the other group was transferred, one was reserved.

The 24-day salt march, which was rooted on Gandhi's satyagraha philosophy, led to the start of India's Civil Disobedience Movement.

The Resolution was three pages long document. It affirmed the Congress party's determination to securing India's "Poorna Swaraj," or total freedom. In addition to free speech, equality, and religious freedom, it proclaimed plenty of other civil rights for Indians.

The Swatantra Party was started by C. Rajagopalachari. Prior to that, he served as India's final governor general and was among the first individuals to receive the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award.

Acknowledging her role in the struggle against the British, Jawaharlal Nehru called her the “Daughter of the Hills” and gave her the title “Rani”.

Interim government is another name for temporary or emergency rule during the founding, dissolution, or crisis of a state. Caretaker government, sometimes known as interim government, is a period of interim rule between governments in a parliamentary democracy.

The Revolt of 1857, which took place to free India from British colonial control, is referred to as the first war of independence because it was the first time that everyone in the country, regardless of caste, creed, colour, or religion, had united and launched an armed protest.

Ambika Charan Majumdar served as the chairperson of the Lucknow session in 1916. Ambica Charan Mazumdar was an Indian Bengali politician. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came to an agreement known as the Lucknow Pact.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal took over the League's leadership, in 1930 he first proposed the demand for a separate Muslim state in India.

 General Bakht Khan led the Indian independent forces in the Delhi region, During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company,

It proposed the creation of an All India federation with units made up of provinces and princely states. Three lists—the federal list, the provincial list, and the concurrent list—were used to distribute the powers between the centre and the units.

The Government of India Act of 1935 is referred to by Jawahar Lal Nehru as the "Charter of Slavery," and he compares it to a "machine with all brakes and no engine."

Wyllie was shot by an Indian student named Madan Lal Dhingra in 1909 during a reception hosted by one of these organisations, the National Indian Association. Dr. Cawas Lalcaca, a Parsee doctor who wished to keep Wyllie safe, was also murdered.