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Which event is called India's "First War of Independence," and who popularised that framing? — The Revolt of 1857; V.D. Savarkar (1909).
Which 1806 uprising is considered the earliest major sepoy mutiny against the Company? — The Vellore Mutiny.
Who led the Santhal Rebellion of 1855–56? — Sidho and Kanhu Murmu.
Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, and in what year? — Raja Ram Mohan Roy, 1828.
Which reform movement's call was "Back to the Vedas"? — Arya Samaj (Swami Dayanand Saraswati, 1875).
Where did Swami Vivekananda deliver his famous 1893 address? — The Chicago World's Parliament of Religions.
Who founded the Indian National Congress, and when? — A.O. Hume, 1885 (first president W.C. Bonnerjee).
Which event triggered the Swadeshi Movement? — Partition of Bengal, 1905 (by Curzon).
Name the "Lal-Bal-Pal" trio. — Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal.
Which reform first introduced separate electorates? — Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909.
Which incident in 1914 radicalised the Ghadar Party? — The Komagata Maru incident.
What was Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience in India, and against what system? — Champaran Satyagraha, 1917, against the tinkathia indigo-cultivation system.
Who emerged as a national leader through the Kheda Satyagraha? — Vallabhbhai Patel.
What did Gandhi undertake during the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918? — His first hunger strike.
Who commanded the troops at Jallianwala Bagh, 1919? — Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer.
Which movement was merged with Non-Cooperation in 1920, and led by whom? — The Khilafat Movement; the Ali Brothers (Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali).
Which incident made Gandhi call off Non-Cooperation? — Chauri Chaura, February 1922.
What did Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt do in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929? — Threw non-lethal bombs to protest repressive bills, courting arrest.
Who avenged Lala Lajpat Rai's death, and by killing whom? — Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Chandrashekhar Azad; J.P. Saunders (1928).
Which train robbery funded HRA revolutionary activity in 1925? — The Kakori Conspiracy.
Which session adopted the Purna Swaraj resolution, and who presided? — Lahore, 1929; Jawaharlal Nehru.
What did Gandhi march to Dandi to break? — The salt law, 1930.
What replaced separate electorates for Depressed Classes, and via which pact? — Reserved seats, the Poona Pact (1932), between Gandhi and Ambedkar.
Which Act is considered the direct template for India's Constitution? — Government of India Act, 1935.
Why did Congress ministries resign in 1939? — India declared a party to WWII without consultation.
Which 1942 movement's slogan was "Do or Die," and where was it launched? — Quit India; Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay.
Name two underground leaders who kept the Quit India Movement alive after the top leadership's arrest. — Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia.
Where did a durable "parallel government" (Prati Sarkar) function during Quit India? — Satara, Maharashtra.
Who led the Indian National Army, and from when? — Subhas Chandra Bose, from 1943.
Who commanded the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the INA? — Captain Lakshmi Sahgal.
What sparked the Great Calcutta Killings of 1946? — The Muslim League's Direct Action Day (16 August 1946).
What did the Mountbatten Plan announce, and on what date? — Partition, 3 June 1947.
Who drew the boundary between India and Pakistan, and how much time was he given? — Sir Cyril Radcliffe; roughly five weeks.

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