Modern History Quiz 4

Government of India Act 1858 passed which changed the name of post-Governor General of India by Viceroy of India. The Viceroy was appointed directly by the British government. The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning.

The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were of Turkish origin. The Khalji dynasty was a Turko-Afghan dynasty which ruled on the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for nearly three decades between 1290 and 1320.

Indian Universities were first founded during the period of Lord Canning. The University of Calcutta is the oldest of the modern universities in India. It was founded in 1857 during the administration of Lord canning (1856-1862).

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 most remarkable feature of the Government of India Act 1935 was provincial autonomy. With the abolition of Dyarchy at provinces, the entire provincial administration was instructed to the responsible ministers who were controlled and removed by the provincial legislatures.

Annie Besant was the first woman to have presided the Congress session held at Calcutta in 1917. Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman President of Congress. She was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress Party in 1925.

Kakori Train Robbery took place at Kakori, a village near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925. The robbery was organised by Hindustan Republican Association.

The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIMLM) at a joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

The Hunter Commission of 1882 was the first Indian Education Commission and the Hunter Commission of 1920 investigated the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh. The government formed a committee of inquiry to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh shootings. The committee was commonly known as Hunter Commission after the name of the chairman, Lord William Hunter.

The August Offer was made by Viceroy Linlithgow in 1940 promising the expansion of the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution.