Indian History Study Notes

Indian History Study Notes

• The Dutch established factories on the east coast of India with the permission of Gajapati rulers.
• Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
• The English East India Company established a factory in Madras, leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.
• The Government of India Act of 1935 included reserved seats for women in the legislature.
• The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on August 8, 1942.
• Mahatma Gandhi is associated with "Songs from Prison", a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics into English.
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School, later known as Bethune Female School.
• Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were officers of the Indian National Army.
• Gopal Baba Walangkar published the "Vital-Vidhvansak", the first monthly journal targeting untouchable people.
• The main aim of land reforms in independent India was to provide agricultural land to all landless people.
• The Charter Act of 1813 ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India, except for tea and trade with China.
• The Swadeshi Movement contributed to the revival of indigenous artisan crafts and industries and led to the establishment of the National Council of Education.
• The All India Anti-Untouchability League was founded by Mahatma Gandhi.
• The All India Kisan Sabha was founded by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati.
• The Self-Respect Movement was founded by E.V.Ramaswami Naicker.
• The staple commodities exported by the English East Indian Company from Bengal in the mid-18th century were cotton, silk, saltpetre, and opium.
• The Champaran Satyagraha is significant for its connection of peasant unrest to the Indian National Movement.
• Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujan, and G.G. Mehta founded the Hind Mazdoor Sabha in 1948.
• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier wrote extensively about diamonds and diamond mines in India.
• Lord Wellesley introduced the Subsidiary Alliance system to maintain a large standing army at other's expense, keep India safe from Napoleonic danger, and establish British paramountcy over Indian states.
• The Charter Act of 1813 and the General Committee of Public Instruction in 1823 led to the introduction of English education in India.
• The All India Home Rule League changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha" in 1920.
• Dinabandhu Mitra wrote "Neeldarpan" which was the earliest event in the listed options.
• Warren Hastings founded the Calcutta Madarsa.
• The Sarvastivadin sect of Buddhism believed that the constituents of phenomena existed forever in a latent form, even though they were momentary.
• The chronological sequence of events during India's freedom struggle is: Second Round Table Conference, the Quit India Movement, and the Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy.
• The Butler Committee of 1927 aimed to improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.
• Radhakanta Deb was the first president of the British Indian Association, and Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian Association.
• Alexander Read and Thomas Munro were associated with the introduction of the Ryotwari Settlement in India during British rule.
• N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labor movement in British India.
• The Swadeshi and Boycott movements were first adopted during the agitation against the Partition of Bengal.
• The Satya Shodhak Samaj organized an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra.
• The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to constitutional reforms.
• Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of the Tabernacle of New Dispensation and the Indian Reform Association.
• The split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907 was mainly due to the extremists' lack of faith in the moderates’ ability to negotiate with the British Government.
• The Cripps Mission proposed that after World War II, India would be granted Dominion status.
• The Swadeshi Movement led to a split in the Indian National Congress, resulting in the emergence of "moderates" and "extremists".
• The Cabinet Mission recommended a federal government for India.

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