Modern Indian History Quiz

The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIMLM) at a joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

After joining the Indian National Congress and taking part in political agitation in Punjab, Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay, Burma in 1907.

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.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his early life was a symbol of Hindu - Muslim unity and also in favour of Gandhiji's policies for swaraj. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947.

1915, barely five months after the ban on “Al-Hilal”, Maulana Azad started the publication of the “Al-Balagh” weekly. It was similar in its content to “Al-Hilal”.

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought on January 14, 1761, between the Maratha Confederacy and the invading Afghan army of Ahmad Shah Abdali. The crushing defeat of the Marathas at this battle severely weakened their power and cleared the path for the British to consolidate their rule.

Acharya Vinobha Bhave Start individual Satyagraha from Pavnar in Maharashtra in 1940. He was the first individual Satyagrahi and Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was the Second one.

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.

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.

The Bardoli Satyagraha took place in Gujarat in the year 1928. This was the period during the British rule and was considered a major part of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Vallabhbhai Patel eventually led this Satyagraha and its success gave him the title 'Sardar'.