Modern History Quiz 3

The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was brought into effect by the East India Company headed by the Governor-General Lord Cornwallis in 1793.

Battle of Ambur — 1749 Battle of Buxar — 1764 Battle of Plassey — 1757 Battle of Wandiwash — 1760

The Portuguese arrived first (Vasco da Gama in 1498), followed by the Dutch, the English, and finally the French (French East India Company established in 1664). The French arrival set the stage for the Anglo-French rivalry in the Carnatic Wars.

Pondicherry was an important French possession in India. The French East India Company acquire Pondicherry from the Sultan of Bijapur.

The All India Muslim League was established in the year 1906 in Dhaka Bangaladesh in Britsh ruled India. The founders of the Muslim League were: Khwaja Salimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Syed Nabiullah, Khan Bahadur Ghulam and Mustafa Chowdhury.

The civil disobedience movement commenced with the Dandi March when Gandhi left the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad on foot with 78 other members of the Ashram for Dandi on 12 March 1930. After reaching Dandi, Gandhi broke the salt law.

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.

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

The demand for Swaraj was first raised by Dadabhai Naoroji in the Calcutta Session of India National Congress in 1906. According to him, 'Swaraj' means self Government.

Dyarchy system of double government was introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India.