Indian Independence Day Quiz

The Non-Cooperation movement, launched in 1920, was the first nationwide mass movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule in India.

Ras Behari Bose is credited with founding the Indian Independence League in 1942 to organize Indians living outside India to fight for independence.

Pingali Venkayya is widely credited with designing the Indian national flag. The other individuals listed were prominent figures in the Indian independence movement but were not the designers of the flag.

The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti, was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942 during the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee.

The Purna Swaraj declaration was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930, marking the resolution for complete independence from British rule.

The famous patriotic poem Saare Jahan Se Achha was written by the poet Muhammad Iqbal in 1904.

The Dandi March, or Salt Satyagraha, began on 12 March 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

The Reserve Bank of India introduced the Mahatma Gandhi series of banknotes in 1996 to replace the previous series.

The saffron represents sacrifice and courage, white represents peace and truth, and green represents faith and fertility (often associated with prosperity).

The Ashoka Chakra in the center of the flag is the wheel of the law of dharma, representing the progress and righteousness of the nation.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak is the leader famously associated with the slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it'.

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, as the International Day of Non-Violence in 2007.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar, Punjab.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal Emperor of India (1837-1857). He was the nominal leader of the 1857 uprising and was exiled to Rangoon (Burma) after the rebellion was suppressed.

The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.