Modern History Quiz 3

Lord Dufferin's tenure was from 1884 to 1888. During his tenure, the Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885. Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28 to 31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume. Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president. In the first session of the Indian National Congress, some government officials were also present.

The state of Punjab was annexed by Lord Dalhousie in 1849 by defeating Sikh forces in the 2nd Anglo-Sikh war fought during 1848-49.

The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company in 1765. Based on the terms of the agreement, Alam granted the East India Company Diwani rights, or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor.

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.

Champaran Satyagraha (1917, first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi); Rowlatt Satyagraha (was in response to Rowlatt Act of 1919); Bardoli Satyagraha (1928, Sardar Vallabh Bhi Patel led the Bardoli Satyagraha.)

Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reform. It was instituted to placate the Moderates (Congress) and introduces separate electorates on the basis of religion.

The Swadeshi Movement was launched against the decision of the British Government (Lord Curzon) to divide Bengal along communal lines. This movement was formally started from Town Hall Calcutta on 7 August 1905 to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production. Swadeshi was a focus of Mahatma Gandhi, who described it as the soul of swaraj (self-rule).

Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college-level institution, known as Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School.

The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi in March–April 1930.

This speech was delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru to the Indian Constituent Assembly in The Parliament on the eve of India's Independence on 14 August 1947.