Modern History Quiz 4

Albert Einstein was highly impressed with Mahatma Gandhi and he stated this statement after Gandhi's death.

“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge...” This was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India. The code was drafted on the recommendations of the first law commission of India under the Chairmanship of Lord Macaulay. It came into force in British India during the early British Period in 1862.

The Charter Act of 1833 made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India. Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835), already the Governor-General of Bengal, thus became the first Governor-General of India.

The Subsidiary Alliance System (1798) was introduced by Lord Wellesley. It was a non-intervention policy that forced the Indian states that accepted it to cede territory, maintain a British contingent, and accept a British Resident, thereby losing their independence.

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

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany.

Lord Hardinge held a durbar in December 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V. Here, the partition of Bengal was cancelled and the capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.

On 25 March 1505, Francisco de Almeida was appointed Viceroy of India, on the condition that he would set up four forts on the southwestern Indian coast: at Anjediva Island, Cannanore, Cochin and Quilon.

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.