Modern history miscellaneous


  1. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating









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    Subhash Chandra Bose was elected Congress President in 1938 and 1939. At the end of his first term, the presidential election to the Tripuri Congress session took place early in 1939. Netaji was re - elected by defeating Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayaa who had been backed by the Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee.

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    Subhash Chandra Bose was elected Congress President in 1938 and 1939. At the end of his first term, the presidential election to the Tripuri Congress session took place early in 1939. Netaji was re - elected by defeating Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayaa who had been backed by the Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee.


  1. Jallianwala incident took place at









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    The Jallianwala incident took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Reginald Dyer. It is also known as the Amritsar massacre.

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    The Jallianwala incident took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Reginald Dyer. It is also known as the Amritsar massacre.



  1. Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring









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    In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc. The depressed classes were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from special constituencies in which voters belonging to the depressed classes only could vote. Gandhi strongly opposed the communal award on the grounds that it would disintegrate Hindu society. He began an indefinite hunger strike from September 20, 1932 to protest this award.

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    In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc. The depressed classes were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from special constituencies in which voters belonging to the depressed classes only could vote. Gandhi strongly opposed the communal award on the grounds that it would disintegrate Hindu society. He began an indefinite hunger strike from September 20, 1932 to protest this award.


  1. The Asiatic society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to









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    The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of its foundation, this Society was named as "Asiatick Society". In 1825, the society dropped the antique k without any formal resolution and the Society was renamed as "The Asiatic Society". In 1832 the name was changed to "The Asiatic Society of Bengal" and again in 1936 it was renamed as "The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal.

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    The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of its foundation, this Society was named as "Asiatick Society". In 1825, the society dropped the antique k without any formal resolution and the Society was renamed as "The Asiatic Society". In 1832 the name was changed to "The Asiatic Society of Bengal" and again in 1936 it was renamed as "The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal.



  1. The Congress adopted the ‘Quit India Resolution’ in the year









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    On August 8, 1942 the Quit India Resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). In his Quit India speech that day at Gowalia Tank, Bombay, Gandhi told Indians to follow non-violent civil disobedience. He told the masses to act as an independent nation.

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    On August 8, 1942 the Quit India Resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). In his Quit India speech that day at Gowalia Tank, Bombay, Gandhi told Indians to follow non-violent civil disobedience. He told the masses to act as an independent nation.