Modern History Quiz 4

Dyarchy is a system of double government introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India.

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

The Forward Bloc of the Indian National Congress was formed on 3rd May 1939 by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who had resigned from the presidency of the Indian National Congress on 29 April after being outmaneuvered by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

The court is one of the three High Courts in India established in the three Presidency Towns of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta by letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862. The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, established on 2 July 1862.

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.

Dadabhai Naoroji was elected for the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central at the 1892 general election, he was the first British Indian MP.

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.

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.

Acharya J.B. Kripalani was the President of Indian National Congress when Mountbatten plan of independence was accepted. He was noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947 and the husband of Sucheta Kripalani.

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