UPSC EPFO SOLVED PAPER 2017

The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India: A Study in the Provincial Decentralisation of Imperial Finance was written by Dr. B.R Ambedkar. This book was published in 1925. Other famous books written by B.R. Ambedkar includes Mook Nayak, (1920), Bahishkrut Bharat (1927), The Annihilation of Cast (1936), Federation Versus Freedom (1939), Thoughts on Pakistan (1940).

Lord Curzon adopted aggressive foreign policy against countries such as Persia, Tibet and Afghanistan. He sent the Military expedition under the Major Douglas to Persia to mitigate the ever growing presence of Russia, France, Germany are Turkey in Persian Gulf region.

In British era, Assam including Sylhet was separated from Bengal to from Assam Chief Commissioners’hip. It was also known as ‘North-East Frontier’ with Shillong as capital. The new commissioners’hip included the five district of Assam, however Cooch behar was left out. Later it was incorporated into the new Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1905. In 1912 after Partition of Eastern Bengal and Assam, a Separate Assam Province was created.

Krashaka Sangam were the peasant associations set up in the Kerala in the 1930s. This was established by the efforts of leaders from Congress Socialist Party and Communists. They demanded amendments in Malabar tenancy law, fair land revenue and abolition of system of land eviction by forceful and unfair means.

Congress declare 9th May to be Ethiopia day because on this day in 1936. Italy attacked Ethiopia. The resistance by Ethiopian nationalist were termed as freedom struggle against colonial aspiration by Congress.

Saraladevi Chaudhurani set up Bharat Stree Mahamandal. This organisation first met in Allahabad in 1910. This organisation was an collective effort to raise women issues and it played significant role in empowerment of Indian women.

The participation of middle class in very large number is not the feature of Non-cooperation movement. Other notable feature of Non-cooperation Movement which was launched by Gandhiji in August 2020 includes economic boycott which was intense and successful, uneven geographical spread and regional variation, success of other Gandhian reform movements like anti-liquor campaign and promotion of khadi.

Pakhtun was monthly magazine in Pashto language was started by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1928. He was known as Frontier Gandhi and started an army of non-violent Satyagrahi the ‘Khudai Khidmatgar.’

Pandita Ramabai was the founder of Arya Mahila Samaj in the early 1880s. Pandit Ramabai Sarasvati (1858-1922) was an Indian social reformer, a pioneer in education and emancipation of women in India.

Surendranath Banerjee is considered to be the first Indian to go to jail in performance of his duty as a Journalist. He was early nationalist, who founded Indian Association, a precursor organisation of Indian National Congress. In his magazine, Bengali (1883) he criticised British policies for which he had to serve jail term.