Modern Indian History

Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 in honor of his guru, Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

The partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon in July 1905 and implemented in October 1905. It was a significant event in the Indian independence movement.

Lala Lajpat Rai was severely injured during a lathi charge by police while leading a peaceful protest against the arrival of the Simon Commission in Lahore in 1928.

The Indian High Courts Act of 1861 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to authorize the Crown to create High Courts in the Indian colony.

Pondicherry was handed over by French to India and added as UT in 1954.

During the British Rule in India, the Railway Budget and the General Budget were presented together. It was in the year 1924, that both the budgets were separated.

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

The Swaraj Party, founded by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru, participated in the legislative council elections in 1923 and 1926.

Mahatma Gandhi is honorifically titled the Father of the Nation in India for his role in the freedom struggle.

The Simon Commission, led by Sir John Simon, visited India in 1928 to report on the political situation.

Jatin Das (J.N. Das) died in Lahore jail in 1929 after a 63-day hunger strike protesting the treatment of political prisoners.

The Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942, at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee.

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were executed by hanging in Lahore Jail on March 23, 1931.

Thomas Babington Macaulay is credited with introducing English education in India through his famous 'Minute on Indian Education' in 1835.

The Charter Act of 1813 was the first legislative step taken by the British government to allocate funds for the promotion of education in India.