Modern Indian History

Mahatma Gandhi immediately withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22) after the Chauri-Chaura incident of February 5, 1922, where protesters set fire to a police station killing 22 policemen. Gandhi felt the movement had turned violent and strayed from its non-violent principles.

The 1907 Surat session of the Indian National Congress witnessed a historic split between the Moderates and the Extremists. The Extremists, led by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, wanted more aggressive methods, while Moderates preferred constitutional approaches. This split weakened the Congress temporarily.

The Khilafat Movement started in 1919 as a response to the threat to the Ottoman Caliphate after World War I. It was launched by Indian Muslim leaders to protest against the British treatment of Turkey.

The Mukta system was a complex agrarian and revenue arrangement in the Sultanate period. Since it involved multiple aspects of land rights, revenue collection, and agricultural organization, it cannot be reduced to any one of the simplified definitions given in options A, B, or C.

Nathu Ram presented letters and Khadi woven by Mahatma Gandhi to President Pratibha Patil. This NRI businessman preserved and shared these historical artifacts associated with Gandhi. Such items connect modern India with its independence movement heritage and are occasionally in the news during their transfer to public institutions.

'My Experiments with Truth' (originally 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through 1921. It was written in Gujarati and later translated to English. Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Rabindranath Tagore all wrote autobiographies or memoirs, but not with this title.

Swami Vivekananda was a spiritual leader, philosopher, and reformer who represented Hinduism at the Parliament of World's Religions in 1893 - he was not a politician. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Womesh Chandra Banerjee (first Congress president), and Jitendra Prasad (Congress leader) were all politicians.

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, died on May 27, 1964. He served from 1947 until his death in 1964. The other options (1956, 1958, 1960) are incorrect.

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 5, 1931, between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin. It marked a significant moment in the Civil Disobedience Movement, with Gandhi agreeing to suspend the movement in exchange for political prisoners' release and participation in the Round Table Conference. The pact demonstrated the British willingness to negotiate with Indian nationalist leaders.

Mahatma Gandhi stated that, ”By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man-body, mind and spirit.”

All India Radio, officially known since 1956 as Akashvani, is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati.

The design of the national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22^nd July, 1947.

The Cripps Mission was an attempt in late March, 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II.

On November 1, 1956, the Telangana region (Hyderabad) was merged with it to form the united Telugu-speaking state of Andhra Pradesh and then the first linguistic state of Andhra came into existence.

Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, transferred the power to the Indians on 15^th August, 1947.