Modern History Quiz 3

The Portuguese rule lasted for about 450 years, and heavily influenced Goan culture, cuisine, and architecture. In 1961, the Indian Army invaded and annexed Goa.

Danish India was the name given to the colonies of Denmark (Denmark–Norway before 1814) in India, forming part of the Danish colonial empire. Danish was the one who had not any settlement on the eastern coast of India whereas French settlement in Pondicherry, Portugese have Goa and Dutch in Kochi.

Fort William College was an academy of oriental studies and a centre of learning, founded on 10 July 1800 by Lord Wellesley, then Governor-General of British India, located in Calcutta.

The Union of India, also called the Dominion of India (Bharatiya Adhirajya), was an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950. India attained “Dominion Status” on 15 Aug 1947 by the Mountbatten plan.

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 (on recommendations of the Simon Commission) in India. Three Round Table Conferences were held in London.

Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement (or Permanent Revenue Settlement) in 1793 in Bengal and Bihar. This system fixed the land revenue in perpetuity with the Zamindars, who were recognized as the owners of the land.

The first factory in Bengal was established in 1651 at Hughli. This was followed by other factories at Patna and Qasim Bazar.

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.

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.

Mahatma Gandhi got the inspiration of Civil Disobedience and non-payment of taxes by reading a book of David Thoreau who was an American author, poet, philosopher.