Modern History Quiz 3

Partition Committee was formed which was chaired by Lord Mountbatten. Its members were Vallabh Bhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Liaqat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar.

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.

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

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during Home Rule Movement. He was given the title, 'Lokmanya', which means 'accepted by the people' by his followers.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale met Gandhiji in South Africa. He was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.

Lala Hardayal was a revolutionary attached to Gadar Movement in San Francisco. He inspired many Indians living in the US and Canada to fight against British imperialism.

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.

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)

The Secretariat Building was designed by the prominent British architect Herbert Baker in Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. Sir Herbert Baker was a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures.

The Bengal Sati Regulation, which declared Sati illegal and punishable, was passed by Governor-General Lord William Bentinck in 1829. This was a landmark social reform initiated largely due to the efforts of Raja Rammohan Roy.