Modern Indian History Quiz

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.

The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–1932 were a series of peace conferences organized by the British Government and Indian political personalities to discuss constitutional reforms in India.

The Kuka Movement marked the first major reaction of the people in Western Punjab to the new political order initiated by the British after 1849. The Namdhari Movement, of which the Kuka Movement was the most important phase, aimed at overthrowing the British rule.

Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as Morley- Minto Reform. It was instituted to placate the Moderates (Congress) and introduces separate electorates on the basis of religion. Therefore, Lord Minto came to be known as Father of Communal Electorate in India.

The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to the upper-middle class.

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of nationwide protest by the Indian Muslim community announced by Jinnah. It led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta in the Bengal province of British India.

Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the “Grand Old Man of India” and “Unofficial Ambassador of India” He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895 and the first Asian to be a British MP other than the Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre.

Gopal Hari Desmukh, popularly known as “Lokahitawadi”, was a product of Western learning in India. He was a judge and a member of the Governor-General's Council in 1880.

The Deccan Education Society (DES) was established in October 1884, and with a span of just a few months, it founded the Fergusson College in January 1885.

Mahatma Gandhi gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title of 'Sardar'.