Modern history miscellaneous


  1. Socialism is essentially a movement of









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    Socialism is a social and economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy. Modern socialism originated from an 18th-century intellectual and working class political movement that criticised the effects of industrialization and private property on society. So it is essentially a movement of the workers.

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    Socialism is a social and economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy. Modern socialism originated from an 18th-century intellectual and working class political movement that criticised the effects of industrialization and private property on society. So it is essentially a movement of the workers.


  1. Who passed the Indian Universities Act ?









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    Lord Curzon was the first Viceroy to appoint a commission on University education. On January 27, 1902, he appointed the Indian University Commission under Sir Thomas Raleigh to enquire into the conditions of the Universities established in British India, and to consider and report upon the proposals for improving their constitution and working.

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    Lord Curzon was the first Viceroy to appoint a commission on University education. On January 27, 1902, he appointed the Indian University Commission under Sir Thomas Raleigh to enquire into the conditions of the Universities established in British India, and to consider and report upon the proposals for improving their constitution and working.



  1. The first meeting of the Indian National Congress held in 1885 was presided by









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    Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was an Indian barrister who presided over the inaugural session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay in 1885. He was the president of the Indian National Congress again in the 1892 session in Allahabad where he denounced the position that India had to prove her worthiness for political freedom.

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    Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was an Indian barrister who presided over the inaugural session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay in 1885. He was the president of the Indian National Congress again in the 1892 session in Allahabad where he denounced the position that India had to prove her worthiness for political freedom.


  1. The Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ was a part of









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    The Salt March, also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.

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    The Salt March, also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.



  1. The first woman President of Indian National congress was









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    Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.

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    Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.