Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-II)

Jawaharlal Nehru was a supporter of socialism. Nehru wanted to overthrow British rule, Princely states, Landlordism and capitalism in 1933. Nehru’s socialism was influenced by the socialism of the Soviet Union. He visited the Soviet Union in November, 1927.

Frank Moraes was the biographer of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Amba Bai was born in the erstwhile Mysore state (now in Karnataka). She became a widow at a very young age. After getting inspiration from Gandhi, she picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops in Udipi during Salt Satyagraha.

Bardoli in Gujarat (Surat District) became hub of political activities in 1928 AD. Bardoli's Mehta brothers (Kalyanji and Kunvarji Ji) and Dayalji Desai started a movement in support of farmers from 1928 AD. Afterward this movement was lead by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. In the leadership of Patel, Sarabandi Campaign (No-tax) was also launched in 1928. Although in error the year 1922 is given in the question.

Boycott word is derived from the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott, an Irish land agent. He was the first one who used this as a political weapon in 1880.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) came into existence in the year 1919. N.M. Joshi was sent as representative of labourers in the first summit of ILO held in the Washington in the year 1919. B.P. Wadia was sent as his advisor in this summit.

The Arya Samaj was founded by Maharishi Swami Dayananda Saraswati in 1875. 'Al Hilal' was an Urdu weekly newspaper published by Maulana Abul Kalam in 1912. The famous Presidency College (former Hindu College) of Calcutta was established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in collaboration with David hare in 1817. Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with the paper ‘The People’. Hence statement (c) is correct.

Assassination of Curzon Wyllie - 1909
Execution of Khudiram Bose – 1908
Starting of 'Kesari' by Bal Gangadhar Tilak – 1881
Starting of 'Al Hilal' by Abul Kalam Azad – 1912

The First Round Table Conference could not produce any fruitful result. The main reason was the absence of Congress from the Conference. The Government started to convince the Congress to participate in the Second Round Table Conference in 1931. Finally, Gandhiji was convinced to negotiate with the Viceroy Lord Irwin. So Gandhiji and Lord Irwin met on February 19th, 1931 and after discussion of fifteen days, they signed an agreement on March 5th, 1931 known as “Gandhi-Irwin Pact.” In 1931, the Congress session at Karachi, approved the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Thus, statement (d) is incorrect.

It was the first advertisement of Indian cinema published on July 7th 1896 in The Times Of India (Bombay). On the same day Lumiere brothers (France), presented the first cinematography show at the Waston's Hotel in Bombay. "The Marvel of the century'