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Before Mahatma Gandhi, who among the following had devised the Doctrine of Passive Resistance by leading a “No-rent Campaign” the form of non-payment of the taxes as it would breach the legal obligation and will be a direct defiance of the administrative authority?
The no rent campaign was launched by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1896 in the wake of the 1896 famine. He distributed the pamphlets explaining the provisions of Famine Relief Code to the public and also had requested to pay no rents.
At which among the following places, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?
In 1906, for the first time flag was hoisted in Kolkata by Surendranath Banerjee.
“Vanguard” was the daily publication of which among the following political parties / organizations?
Please note that Vanguard was mouthpiece of Radical Democratic Party which was founded by M N Roy. Its editor was Ram Singh.
There were three people in the Indian National Congress whose influence and persuasion led to a sort of agreement between the INC and British , which led to talks between Gandhi and Lord Irwin, commonly known as Gandhi Irwin Pact. Who among the following 4 given options was not among these three?
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, M R Jayakar, VS Srinivasa Sastri had exercised their influence on Congress to bring about a settlement that ultimately was signed on 5 march 1931 and was known as Gandhi Irwin Pact.
Consider the following recommendations of a committee in pre-independence era:
This committee had triggered the public health reforms in India. Identify the name of this committee from the given options:
This committee was the Bhore Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Joseph Bhore. Its report was published in 1946 and is a pioneer report in the form of health reforms in India.
Which among the following event led the British government of Lord North to undertake a legislation to meet the situation and provide some form of legal government for the Indian possessions of the East India Company, which resulted in Regulating Act of 1773?
In 1773, the company became almost insolvent and forced to apply to the British Government for a loan of One Million Pound Sterling. This led to the British government of Lord North to undertake a legislation to meet the situation and provide some form of legal government for the Indian possessions of the East India Company, which resulted in Regulating Act of 1773
The Asian empire of Portuguese was divided into three independent presidencies. Identify the correct set of these presidencies from the given options:
There was a viceroy at Goa, then a Governor at Mozambique and finally a Governor at Malacca
The “Chai Taret Khuntakpa” is a period ranging from 1817-1826 , which the Manipuris remember it as 7 years of devastation. In this context consider the following statements:
Which among the above statements is / are correct?
Assam was ruled by Ahom kingdom from 1228 to 1826 and it was sovereign even in the Mughal era. But in 1817, it was attacked by the Burmese and thus Ahom Kingdom went into the control of Burmese till 1826. The Assamese call this 7 year period as Manor din and the Manipuris call it Chai Taret Khuntakpa which means 7 years of devastation. The independent and powerful Ahom dynasty ended with the Burmese invasion. But, after the First Anglo Burmese War, the Burmese lost control over Assam in 1826 by Treaty of Yandabu.
In which of the following session of Indian National Congress Dadabhai Naoroji was elected president for the first time?
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first present of INC who was elected president in the 1885 Bombay Session. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was again elected as Congress President in 1892 session of Allahabad.
The Second President of Indian National Congress was Dadabhai Naoroji who was elected in the 1886 Calcutta Session.
Mahatma Gandhi was elected Congress President in the 1924 Belgaum session.
Subhash Chandra Bose was elected Congress president in 1938 & 1939.
Why did the Cabinet Mission of 1946 rejected the Muslim League’s demand for a separate state for Pakistan?
The Cabinet Mission felt that a separate state would contain larger proportion of Non-Muslim population and a sizable population of Muslims will be left in India, if two states are declare
One of the main reasons of rejection of Pakistan was somewhere linked to the justice to the Non Muslims particularly Sikhs. The Mission had the views that the larger part of the proposed Pakistan including the Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan , NWFP and Bengal would have a large number of Non Muslims. Then a smaller truncated Pakistan was also give thought but it was also rejected because , it was thought that Sikhs would be cut in two parts and their clusters of populations will get scattered around the borders. Though, still the Mission could not placate the Sikhs who thought that even though a nominal gesture of recognition of them as a major community of India was there, they were going to be left to the Muslims dominated groups.
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