Modern Indian History Quiz

The Tower of Victory was constructed between 1442 and 1449 AD by Rana Kumbha. It was built in the admiration of Rana Kumbha's victory over Mahmud Khilji.

Mahatma Gandhi considered Khadi as a symbol of unity, economic independence and equality of Indians. He used to say that Khadi is a respectable business of earning bread for the poor.

1. Prarthana Samaj: 1860s (Dadoba Pandurang and his brother Atmaram Pandurang)
2. Brahmo Samaj: 1828 (Ram Mohan Roy)
3. Arya Samaj: 1875 (Dayananda Saraswati)
4. Rama Krishna Mission: 1897 (Swami Vivekananda)

Vernacular Press Act of 1878, proposed by Lytton the then Viceroy of India (1876-80). It was meant only for vernacular/ native language newspapers not for English ones.

With a view to improving the condition of peasants, Curzon opened some banks, passed the Punjab Land Alienation Act in 1900 and the Cooperative Credit Societies Act in 1904, framed the 'Suspension and Remissions Resolution' in 1905, established an Imperial Agriculture Department and established an Agriculture Research.

Murshid Quli Khan was the founder of the independent dynasty of Nawabs of Bengal. He was initially appointed as the Diwan of Bengal by Aurangzeb and later assumed the titles of Nazim (Governor) and Diwan (revenue collector) of Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha, establishing his hereditary rule.

In 1918, Edwin Montagu, the Secretary of State, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy, produced their scheme of constitutional reforms, known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, which led to the enactment of the Government of India Act of 1919.

Satara was the first princely state where doctrine of Lapse applied. The Doctrine of lapse theory was introduced by Lord Dalhousie. This was an annexation policy extensively applied by the East India Company in India until 1859. According to this doctrine, if any Indian ruler dies without leaving a male heir, his kingdom would automatically pass over to the British.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah became disillusioned with politics after the failure of his attempt to form a Hindu-Muslim alliance, and he spent most of the 1920s in Britain. The leadership of the League was taken over by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, who in 1930 first put forward the demand for a separate Muslim state in India.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist, and writer. He was a leading figure in the Indian independence movement and the Hindu Mahasabha. He wrote History of India in the Marathi language on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail.