Modern Indian History MCQs

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Palashi or Plassey, is a village along the Hooghly River, located about 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in the Nadia District of West Bengal. The historic Battle of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757 between Siraj Ud Daulah and Lord Clive.

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The All India Muslim League was rooted in 1906 at Dhaka. It emerged from the Aligarh Movement, formed originally to promote a modern education for Muslims. Muslim League, political organization of India and Pakistan, founded 1906 as the All-India Muslim League by Aga Khan III. Its original purpose was to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in India.

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The charter act 1833: It is considered to be an attempt to codify all Indian Laws. The Governor General of Bengal now became the The Governor General of India. One of the Provision of this act – “the East India Company now lost its trading privilege i.e., tea and monopoly in China ,henceforth it became a purely administrative body under the crown.”

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Awadh, one of the main centers of the Revolt, was annexed by Lord Dalhousie in 1856. Here, the revolt was led by Begum Hazrat Mahal also known as Begum of Awadh.

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The Indian Independence Act was based on the Mountbatten plan or the 3rd June plan. It was passed by the British parliament on 5th July 1947 and received royal assent on 18th July 1947. It came into being on 15th August 1947.

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The first English trade post on the eastern coast of India was established at Pettapooly, lying around 36 miles west of Masulipatnam. Captain Hippon in the ship “Globe” landed there on 20 August 1611. The British had first touched Pulicat but were sent away by Dutch from there. It was not a factory but a trade post in Masulipatnam. Around two years later, British obtained their first treaty of protection from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, and by that time, had started factory at Surat.

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Lord wavell served as the Viceroy of India from the year 1943 to 1947. On 24th October 1944, he wrote a letter to the then prime minister of Britain Winston Churchill and said “We cannot move without taking serious risks, but the most serious risk of all is that India, after the war, will become a running sore which will sap the strength of the British Empire”.

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The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual leader and disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, in 1897. Swami Vivekananda was a key figure in the introduction of the Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and he is considered one of India’s foremost national heroes. After the death of his guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, in 1886, Swami Vivekananda traveled to the United States and delivered a historic speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893, which helped to spread the teachings of Ramakrishna and the Ramakrishna Mission throughout the world. The Ramakrishna Mission is a spiritual organization that is dedicated to the promotion of the values of harmony, tolerance, and compassion, and it operates a number of charitable, educational, and social service programs in India and around the world.

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The Portuguese Governor, Nino da Cunha (1529-38) transferred his capital from Cochin to Goa in 1530 AD and established factories at San thome (Madras) and Hughli (Bengal). He captured Diu and Bassein from the Sultan of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah.

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Chakravarti Rajgopalachari (1948-50) was the first and last Indian Governor-General of Independent India. He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and one of the first recipients of India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.