British Rule In India MCQ Question and Answer | History MCQ Question

On 2nd September 1946 the Interim Government of India was formed. This temporary government was formed from the Constituent Assembly of India (which was then newly elected). This government was entrusted the task of helping the transition of India and Pakistan from British rule to Independence as two separate nations.

the english rounded calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz sutanuti, kalikata and govindpur, from the mughal viceroy of bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the british settlement in calcutta was Fort William.

The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by 1895.

The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir William Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.

The introduction of the bill led to intense opposition in Britain and from British settlers in India that ultimately played on racial tension before it was enacted in 1884 in a severely compromised state. The bitter controversy deepened antagonism between the British and Indians and was a prelude to the formation of the Indian National Congress in the next two years. There was also a strong protest among Europeans.

Lytton put on the statute book two obnoxious measures— the vernacular press Act and Indian Arms Act. Lytton' s unpopular acts provoked a great storm of opposition in the country and led to the organisation of various political associations for carrying an anti-Government propaganda in the country.

Lord Canning (1858–62): The Indian Councils Act of 1862 was passed, which proved to be a landmark in the constitutional history of India.

One of the most remarkable acts passed during the times of Lord Curzon was the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904. This act made any injury to the protected monuments an offence punishable under the law.

After Sepoy Mutiny rule established in 1857, British govt. started ruling over India, Governor general became the Viceroy and Lord Canning became the last Governor General and first Viceroy.

Daman and Diu were once part of a combined union territory along with Goa (a Konkani-speaking region), before Goa became a state in 1987. The use of Portuguese, which was the territory's official language during the colonial period, is in decline and relegated to home use.