2022-07-29T20:40:41+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true East India Company Lords, 6 Wars fought by East India Company , 18 century rulers of India (6), Acts passed by British to control east India company, 3 Land revenue collection policies, 5 Leaders of Revolt of 1857, British Generals during 1857 revolt, Wood's Despatch programme, Indian association for cultivation of science was founded by, Indian science congress, Indian railways, New Delhi became new capital on which year, subhash Chandra bose, Simon commission, decisions taken on INC Lahore session 1929, Indian independence act, Cripps commission, who started British India association?, madras native association year?, Bombay association year?, poona (Pune) sarwajanik sabha , madras mahajana sabha, new Delhi became capital on, jalianwala bagh massacre, khilafat movement , non cooperation movement , bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Round Table Conferences , Morley minto reforms, Delhi durbar, goal of INC session 1906, Bengal partition, Lucknow Pact, home rule league, Montagu Chelmsford reforms, national humiliation day , Indian national Congress sessions, all India Muslim league, chauri chora, swaraj party, Hindustan Republican association HRA, Clement Atlee, Hindustan socialist Republican association, civil disobedience movement, Round table conferences, summarise 3 round table conferences, individual sathyagraha, Viceroys, first governor generalfirst secretary of State flashcards

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  • East India Company Lords
    1. Warren Hastings (1773-1785)2. The Earl Cornwallis (1786- 1793) permanent settlement system.Sir John Shore3. Lord Wellesley 1798 - 1825 Subsidiary Alliance Lord William Bentinck 1828 - 1835 first Governor General of India Sir Charles Metcaffe 1835 - 1836 liberator of the pressLord Dalhousie 1848 - 1856 (He opened the first Indian Railway from Bombay to Thane in 1853.He introduced Telegraph lined from Calcutta to Agra in 1853. Doctrine of LapseWidow Remarriage Act, 1856)Lord Canning 1856 - 1862 ( first Viceroy of India. He withdrew Doctrine of Lapse)Lord Lawrence 1864 - 1869 (the saviour of the Punjab)Lord Dufferin 1884 - 1894 (Indian National Congress )
  • 6 Wars fought by East India Company
    Three Carnatic wars 1744-1763Battle of Plassey 1757 Robert Clive vs Siraj ud daulahBattle of Buxar 1764 Mir Qasim, Shuja ud daulah, Shah Alam IIAnglo-Maratha wars 1775, 1782, 1817Anglo Mysore warsAnglo-Sikh wars 1845,1848
  • 18 century rulers of India (6)
    Mughal- Bahadur Shah ZafarHyderabad- Nizam ul mulk Asaf Jah 1724Mysore- Hyder Ali, tippu sultanAwadh- Murshid quli khanBengal- Saadat khan burhan ul mulk, alivardi khan, Siraj ud daulah, Mir jafarPunjab- Maharaja ranjit Singh, dalip singh
  • Acts passed by British to control east India company
    Regulating act 1773Pitts India act 1784Charter act 1813
  • 3 Land revenue collection policies
    Ryotwari system ( farmers could keep land as long as they pay 50%)Mahalwari system (villages should collect from farmers and give it to British)Permanent settlement system (1793 for Bihar and Bengal, fixed money to be given by landlords. Landlords can keep the extra money collected from farmers)
  • 5 Leaders of Revolt of 1857
    Bahadur shah zafar in DelhiNana saheb and Tantia Tope in KanpurBegum Hazrat Mahal in LucknowRani Lakshmi Bhai in JhansiNawab Wajid Ali Khan in Awadh
  • British Generals during 1857 revolt
    Sir Henry LawrenceSir Colin CambellSir Hugh RoseSir John Nicholson
  • Wood's Despatch programme
    1854 by Charles woods to develop education in India
  • Indian association for cultivation of science was founded by
    Dr Mahendralal Sircar
  • Indian science congress
    headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. started in the year 1914 in Kolkata and it meets annually in the first week of January every year.
  • Indian railways
    established on 1850first railway line Bombay-Thane 1853
  • New Delhi became new capital on which year
    1931
  • subhash Chandra bose
    born 23 Jan 1897, Cuttack, orissainfluenced by swami vivekanandacame 4th in Indian civil service examwent to Japan 1941raised INA in 1943waged war from north east 1945Delhi chalojai hinddied in plane crash Bangkok to Tokyo 17th august 1945
  • Simon commission
    appointed on 1927 to implement government of India act of 1919white man's commission. 7 members (all British) led by Sir Simon'Simon go back' because the commission didn't say anything about swarajlala lajpat Rai dies in lathi charge in Lahore
  • decisions taken on INC Lahore session 1929
    presided by Nehru adopted purna swarajya resolutiondecided to begin civil disobedience movementdecided 26 Jan 1930 as the first independence day
  • Indian independence act
    passed on 18 July 1947 by British parliamentpartitioned india on 15 Aug 1947 based on the act
  • Cripps commission
    deputed by British parliament in 23 March 1942 to contain political crisis (and world war 2) in India by Sir Stafford Cripps.commission didn't talk about independence and so quit India movement. Gandhi called it a post dated cheque
  • who started British India association?
    surendranath banerjee 1851
  • madras native association year?
    1852
  • Bombay association year?
    1852
  • poona (Pune) sarwajanik sabha
    Founded in 1870 as a link between peasants and British. It was a precursor to INCThe ruler of the Aundh State, Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi was the first President of the organisation.
  • madras mahajana sabha
    May 1884., M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha.P. Rangaiah Naidu was elected President of the Sabha with R. Balaji Rao as its Secretary
  • new Delhi became capital on
    1931
  • jalianwala bagh massacre
    13th April 1919
  • khilafat movement
    1920
  • non cooperation movement
    1920-1922
  • bhagat Singh
    1907-23 march 1931Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, Kirti Kisan PartySeeking revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Singh assassinated John Saundershe and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Legislative AssemblySingh, Rajguru and Sukhdev caught and hanged
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad
    1906-1931, uttarpradeshHindustan Socialist Republican AssociationKakori Train Robbery of 1925 the attempt to blow up the Viceroy's train in 1926 shooting of J.P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai.
  • Round Table Conferences
    The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–32 were a series of conferences organized by the British Government to discuss constitutional reforms in India. They were conducted as per the recommendation by the report submitted by the Simon Commission in May 1930.
  • Morley minto reforms
    Also known as Indian council act of 1909Gave seperate electorate for Muslims
  • Delhi durbar
    A mass assembly at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 19111877 January : to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India1903 January: to celebrate the succession of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra as Emperor and Empress of India.1911 December : to commemorate the coronation in Britain a few months earlier of King George V and Queen Mary and allow their proclamation as Emperor and Empress of India
  • goal of INC session 1906
    swaraj
  • Bengal partition
    by lord Curzon 1905
  • Lucknow Pact
    1916 INC sessionHindu Muslim unity called by Jinnah
  • home rule league
    1916 bal gangadhar thilak, Annie Besant
  • Montagu Chelmsford reforms
    Government of India Act 1919Edwin Samuel Montagu, the Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921limited self-government to India and protecting the rights of minority communitiesstill swaraj was not mentioned. Indians didn't like the reforms
  • national humiliation day
    6 April 1919 national hartal against rowlatt act (Chelmsford reforms)
  • Indian national Congress sessions
    http://www.india-seminar.com/2003/526/526%20timeline.htm
  • all India Muslim league
    1906 Dec 30 by Agha Khan, nawab salimullah Khan, Waqar ul mulk, mosin ul mulk
  • chauri chora
    5 Feb 1922burnt police station in response to firing.Gandhi stopped non cooperation movement on 12 Feb
  • swaraj party
    1923 - 1930 after stopping of non cooperation movementalso known as Congress khilafat swaraj party President- c r Dassecretary- moti Lal Nehruleaders- n c Kelkar, vithalbhai Patel, s c Bose, Sathyamurthy, Srinivasa iyenkar, m r jayakar
  • Hindustan Republican association HRA
    1924 Oct Kanpurram Prasad Bismil, sachindranath Sanayl, ashfaqullah Khan, jogeh Chatterjee, Azad, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Lahiri kakori train robbery 9 aug 1925. Azad escaped. all others were hanged
  • Clement Atlee
    British pm during independencewas a member of Simon commission 1927-28
  • Hindustan socialist Republican association
    1928 at Delhi by Azad, Bhagat Singh, SukhdevLahore conspiracy case 17 Dec 1928. murder of j p Saunders, ASP police, by Bhagat Singh Sukhdev rajguru. all hanged on mar 23 1931central legislative assembly bomb case. April 8 1929. Bhagat Singh, bhattukeshwar Dutta threw bombs and leaflets while public safety bill and trade disputes bill were discussed
  • civil disobedience movement
    started with salt sathyagraha 1930 March 12 viceroy- lord Irwin
  • Round table conferences
    Nov 1930, September 1931, Nov 1932to make Indians appreciate decisions of Simon commissionking- George Vprime minister- Ramsay
  • summarise 3 round table conferences
    1st Nov 1930. viceory- lord Irwin. Congress boycotted. leaders- Agha Khan, Jinnah, jayakar, tej bahadur sapru, Ambedkar, sardar Sampuran Singh, sardar Ujjwal Singh2nd Sept 1931. viceory- lord Wellington. 82 attended. Congress was represented by Gandhi. Indian women represented by Sarojini Naidu. Gandhi and Ambedkar clashed on reservation.3rd 46 attended. INC and Jinnah didn't attend. Chaudhary Rahmat Ali proposed the name Pakistan for the new land.
  • individual sathyagraha
    17 Oct 19401st Vinoba Bhave2nd Jawahar Lal Nehru3rd Brahma Dutta
  • Viceroys
    Can Elgin1 John Marry. No Like Rippon Dufferin Landsdown Elgin21856 6 1 5 3 4 4 4 4 6 5C My History C R I W Live West Mumbai1899 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 3 0
  • first governor generalfirst secretary of State
    Warren Hastingslord Stanley