Indian History Quiz

By signing this pact, Gandhi promised to end the satyagraha movement, and Irwin consented to free individuals who had been detained as a result of it and to permit Indians to produce salt for domestic consumption.

Gandhiji started the civil disobedience movement to satisfy a number of objectives, including the abolition of the salt tax. By Signing the Gandhi Irwin Pact in 1931, Gandhi put a temporary stop to the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the Indian National Congress opposed it because it had seven British Parliamentarians but no Indians.

The 1929 Lahore session, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, is significant because it established "Purna Swaraj" as the goal of the Indian National Congress.

The key revolutionaries responsible for the Kakori Train Robbery included Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Murari Lal Gupta (Murari Lal Khanna), Mukundi Lal, and Banwari Lal.

April 13, 1919 saw the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Records kept by the British government show that the indiscriminate firing ordered by Colonel Reginald Dyer resulted in the deaths of 379 persons, including men, women, and children, and 1,200 injuries.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale's political rival referred to him as the "Diamond of India." Despite being his rival, Bal Gangadhar Tilak referred to him as the "Diamond of India" after Gokhale was laid to rest in February.

A Khudai Khidmatgar is a person who serves God. As its name implies, it was a nonviolent protest against the British colonial authorities that were in charge of our nation at the time. On April 23, 1930, the movement officially started.

The famous saying "You give me blood, I will give you freedom" is given by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He is regarded as the outstanding freedom fighter and is well-remembered.

Lala Lajpat Rai was an activist who was active in the Indian Independence struggle. He was known as Punjab Kesari, or the Lion of Punjab, for his political views and his role in helping India become an independent nation.

Aurobindo Ghosh stated: "Political Freedom is the life-breath of a nation".

Arubindo Ghosh emphasised the idea of passive resistance. Arubindo and Tilak belonged to the Extremist side because they opposed the Moderates' "politics of petition" idea.

Bengal, with a population of 78 million, was believed to be too large to be governed by a single provincial administration, according to the justification provided for the decision.

Beginning with Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar, India's revolution was sparked. In 1893, they established the "Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha" and began celebrating Shivaji and Ganesh Utsavs.

The "Naujawan Bharat Sabha" (Indian Youth Society) was established in 1926 by Bhagat Singh, an Indian revolutionary.

The Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper to be published in Calcutta, which at the time served as the administrative centre of British India. Irishman James Augustus Hicky founded the publication in 1779.

Up until 1911, Calcutta served as India's capital during the British Raj. Shimla had been designated as the summer capital during the second part of the 19th century. At the conclusion of the 1911 Delhi Durbar on December 12, King George V announced the move of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

In the early 1900s, Sikhs and Hindu Punjabis in the USA founded the Ghadar movement to liberate India from British control. The weekly publication Ghadar, which was produced in remembrance of the Revolt of 1857, gave it its name. Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal founded it.

The very first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning. His term was four years long, from 1858 to 1862.

He established two publications: the Sambad Kaumudi in Bangla and the Mirat-ul-Akbar in Persian.