GK (Indian History)

The annexation of Oudh in 1856 on the grounds of misgovernment was considered a major blunder as it alienated the loyal nobility and the sepoys of the British army, contributing significantly to the 1857 revolt.

Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, was a vocal critic of British colonial rule and famously described the British empire as rotten to the core.

Valentine Chirol, in his book 'Indian Unrest', referred to Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the 'Father of Indian Unrest' due to his radical nationalist activities.

Chitranjan Das (C.R. Das) famously defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore Bomb Case (1908), leading to his acquittal.

Ramprasad Bismil, a revolutionary involved in the Kakori conspiracy, wrote these lines before his execution.

The Satara revolt (or the revolt of the Raja of Satara's supporters) occurred in the 1840s, not 1814. The other dates are generally accepted in historical texts.

Madam Bhikaji Rustam Kama is widely recognized as the 'Mother of Indian Revolution' for her pioneering work in promoting Indian independence from abroad.

The 1907 session of the Indian National Congress, held at Surat, witnessed the split between the Moderates and the Extremists.

William Digby, a British journalist and supporter of Indian causes, described the Congress as a civil war without arms.

Shaukat Ali and Mohammad Ali Jauhar, known as the Ali brothers, were the primary leaders of the Khilafat Movement in India.

Dandi is located in Gujarat. The Salt March began on March 12, 1930, from Sabarmati Ashram and concluded at Dandi on April 6, 1930. Navsari (misspelled as Nausari in the option) is in the Surat district of Gujarat, which is where Dandi is located.

Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki were the two revolutionaries responsible for the Muzaffarpur conspiracy case in 1908.

The women of Bardoli, through Gandhi, bestowed the title of 'Sardar' upon Vallabhbhai Patel for his successful leadership during the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928.

The Gadkari movement of 1844 in Kolhapur was a revolt by the hereditary military class (Gadkaris) who were disbanded and oppressed by the revenue policies implemented by Daji Krishna Pandit, the minister of Kolhapur.

The Moplah rebellions in the 19th century were primarily directed against the oppressive practices of the Jenmis (landlords) who were supported by the British legal system.

The Government of India Act 1858, announced via Queen Victoria's Proclamation, transferred the administration of India from the East India Company to the British Crown.

Surendranath Banerjee left the Indian National Congress in 1918 over the issue of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and formed the Indian Liberal Federation.

Tribal unrest was generally caused by interference in their traditional lifestyles (shifting cultivation, forest rights). The attempt to bring a Uniform Civil Code and the harassment of moneylenders were not primary drivers of these specific 19th-century tribal revolts.

The Indian National Congress rejected the Government of India Act 1935, describing it as a new charter of slavery, though they later participated in the elections held under it.

The 'Fourteen Points' were proposed by Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1929 as a set of demands for the protection of Muslim rights in response to the Nehru Report.

Mahatma Gandhi famously described the Cripps Mission proposal as a 'post-dated cheque on a crashing bank' due to the uncertainty of the British promise of dominion status.

Gandhi accepted the partition of India as a last resort because the communal situation had deteriorated to a point where civil war seemed imminent. It was viewed as an unavoidable tragedy to prevent further bloodshed and chaos during the transition to independence.

Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Indian National Congress only once, at the Belgaum session in 1924.

The partition of Bengal, implemented by Lord Curzon in 1905, was formally annulled by King George V during the Delhi Durbar in 1911.

Western education, economic exploitation, and 19th-century revivalist movements were all instrumental in fostering Indian nationalism. World public opinion was not a primary driver of the internal nationalist consciousness during that era.