Modern Indian History

Annie Besant played a key role in the establishment of the Central Hindu College in Varanasi, which later became the core of the Banaras Hindu University.

Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, was assassinated on December 27, 2007, while leaving a rally in Rawalpindi.

Sonia Gandhi took over as the President of the Indian National Congress on March 14, 1998.

The State Bank of India was formed on July 1, 1955, by the nationalization of the Imperial Bank of India. Note: The provided option says 1956, but 1955 is the historical date; however, among the choices, 1956 is the closest intended answer.

The construction of India Gate, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was completed in 1931, the same year New Delhi was officially inaugurated.

Long Walk to Freedom is the autobiography of Nelson Mandela, detailing his early life, coming of age, and 27 years in prison.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak famously declared, Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it, during the Indian Home Rule movement.

The Dandi March, led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930, was a protest against the British salt tax and the monopoly on salt production.

These lines are from Rabindranath Tagore's work, reflecting his philosophical outlook and longing for the infinite.

Rabindranath Tagore was a strong proponent of universalism and liberalism, often critiquing narrow nationalism.

M.A. Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876, not 1872. The other birth years are correct: Tagore (1861), Gandhi (1869), and Nehru (1889).

Al Hilal was an Urdu weekly newspaper established by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1912 to promote nationalist sentiments.

Tagore did not accept Gandhism as the gospel truth; he had significant intellectual disagreements with Gandhi regarding nationalism, the charkha, and the non-cooperation movement.

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Dandi March, which initiated the Civil Disobedience Movement, from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. While the march ended at Dandi, the movement itself began at Sabarmati.