Modern history miscellaneous


  1. Who was referred to as the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” by Sarojini Naidu ?









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    Jinnah began his political career showing the most ferocious will to forge unity between Hindu and Muslim Indians. At the end of the first ten years of his career from 1906 to 1919, this attitude earned him the nickname 'the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity' from Sarojini Naidu. Naidu, who compiled Jinnah’s speeches and writings in 1918 gave the volume the sub-title ‘An Ambassador of Unity’ and wrote that he stood “as an embodied symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.”

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    Jinnah began his political career showing the most ferocious will to forge unity between Hindu and Muslim Indians. At the end of the first ten years of his career from 1906 to 1919, this attitude earned him the nickname 'the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity' from Sarojini Naidu. Naidu, who compiled Jinnah’s speeches and writings in 1918 gave the volume the sub-title ‘An Ambassador of Unity’ and wrote that he stood “as an embodied symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.”


  1. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?









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    The Indian National Army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian prisoners of war of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. However, it soon fell into decline. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943.

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    The Indian National Army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian prisoners of war of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. However, it soon fell into decline. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943.



  1. Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India?









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    Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader, is known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume. His book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ brought attention to the draining of India’s wealth into Britain.

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    Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader, is known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume. His book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ brought attention to the draining of India’s wealth into Britain.


  1. Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?









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    The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer. Dyer was removed from duty, but he became a celebrated hero in Britain.

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    The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer. Dyer was removed from duty, but he became a celebrated hero in Britain.



  1. Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place ?









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    The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the fort on 20 June 1756. It led to the death of 123 prisoners from suffocation, heat exhaustion and crushing. The incident became a cause célèbre in the idealization of British imperialism in India.

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    The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the fort on 20 June 1756. It led to the death of 123 prisoners from suffocation, heat exhaustion and crushing. The incident became a cause célèbre in the idealization of British imperialism in India.