Modern History Quiz 3

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 Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in India between the French and the British in 1760. The battle was part of the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and British colonial empires, which itself was a part of the global Seven Years' War. It was a decisive win for the English.

Following the Battle of Plassey, the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah fled the battle, was later captured, and killed by Mir Jafar’s son, Miran. Mir Jafar was then installed as the puppet Nawab. The exchange of power was immediate and did not require a formal treaty with the deposed ruler. The Treaty of Allahabad (1765) was signed after the Battle of Buxar.

The Quit India speech is a speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, on the eve of the Quit India movement. He called for determined, but passive resistance that signified the certitude that Gandhi foresaw for the movement, best described by his call to Do or Die.

The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit. Tamil and Telugu became the lingua-franca of the Vijayanagara Empire. Some scholars also opine that Sanskrit acted as a lingua-franca, but it must have been only so among the elites and the literate.

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between the Maratha Empire and King of Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Abdali was supported by Indian Muslim allies but Hindu leaders like Rajputs or Jaats didn't come for Marathas' help. The Marathas lost the battle by the divide within India and Indians.

Jawaharlal Nehru had attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalities at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress.

The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on 4 December 1829 by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.

On the night of June 7, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a young lawyer then, was thrown off the train's first-class (whites-only) compartment at Pietermaritzburg station, Durban in South Africa for refusing to give up his seat.

Lord Hardinge held a durbar in December 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V. Here, the partition of Bengal was cancelled and the capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.