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Viceroy of India from 1910 – 1916 Full name: Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst Born: 20 June 1858, London, United Kingdom Died: 2 August 1944, Penshurst, United Kingdom Lord Hardinge (Viceroy of India from 1910 – 1916) Creation of Bengal Presidency Capital transferred from Calcutta to Delhi (1911) Hindu Mahasabha by Madan Mohan […]

Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921 Born 12 August 1868, London, United Kingdom Died 1 April 1933, London, United Kingdom Nationality British Party Conservative Party Lord Chelmsford Chelmsford, Lord (1868-1933) was the Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1916 to 1921. Born on 12 August 1868 he was educated at Winchester and Magdalen […]

Viceroy of British India from 1926 to 1931. Simon Commission (1928) Nehru Report (1928) Jinnah’s 14 Points Murder of Saunders in 1929 Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission Demand for Poorna Swarajya in Lahore session Dandi March (1930) Deepavali Declaration-Irwin Sharda act,1929 girls marriageable age 18 & boys 18. Other important events during Irvin’s time are […]

During the period of Linlithgow, parts of the Government of India Act 1935 came into force in 1937. Other events included – Resignation of Congress Ministries to protest the involvement of Indians in world war-II; the Start of World War II (1939), the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose and the foundation of “Forward Block”; Escape […]

It was officially called the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, but is popularly known as the Rowlatt Act. It was based on the recommendations made by the Rowlatt Commission to investigate the ‘seditious conspiracy’ of the Indian people. The committee had recommended that activists should be deported or imprisoned without trial for two years and […]

At the Calcutta session of the Congress in December 1906, the Extremists wanted either Tilak or Lajpat Rai as the president, while the Moderates proposed the name of Dadabhai Naoroji, who was widely respected by all the nationalists. Finally, Dadabhai Naoroji was elected as the president. The goal of the Indian National Congress was defined […]

The Extremists wanted the 1907 session to be held in Nagpur (Central Provinces) with Tilak or Lajpat Rai as the president and reiteration of the swadeshi movement. The Moderates wanted the session at Surat to exclude Tilak from the presidency since a leader from the host province could not be session president (Surat being in […]

• The Lahore Congress of 1929 had given the mandate to launch the civil disobedience movement along with the non-payment of taxes. • Mahatma Gandhi presented his 11 demands to the Viceroy Lord Irwin and gave him the ultimate of January 31, 1932, to accept his 11 demands. • In Tamil Nadu, C. Rajgopalchari led […]

He was the king of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned in the 16th century over most of South India. He built large tanks and canals for irrigation. He maintained friendly relations with the Portuguese governor, Albuquerque. Portuguese traveler Domingo Paes and Barbosa visited his court. Eight eminent luminaries in literature known as Ashtadiggajas were at […]

o It is a Hindu temple. o The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the Chera style and the Dravidian style of architecture, featuring high walls, and a 16th-century gopura. o The principal deity Padmanabhaswamy (Vishnu) is enshrined in the “Anantha Shayana” posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the serpent Adi Shesha. o […]