History & Civics
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Two contributions of Gopal Krishna Gokhale are-
- Servants of India Society — He set up the Servants of India Society in 1905 to train national leaders who would dedicate themselves to the service fo India.
- Persuaded the British for reforms — He criticised the government on issues such as incurring huge expenditure on the British army, adopting the policy of racial discrimination and imposing production tax on cotton.
Two contributions of Lala Lajpat Rai are-
- An Educationist and a Forceful Writer — Lala Lajpat Rai was a prolific writer. When he was in the USA, he started a monthly magazine 'Young India' to spread the message of the right of India to attain Swaraj. His publications included: The Call to Young India, England's Debt to India and The Political Future of India.
- A Social Reformer — He was instrumental in the expansion of D.A.V. College at Lahore in 1886. He opened orphanages, hospitals and schools. He set up Servants of the Peoples Society for the welfare of the downtrodden and outcastes.
Related Questions
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal into two provinces apparently on
- social grounds
- administrative grounds
- caste grounds
- political grounds
What do you mean by the terms 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott'?
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
Rabindranath Tagore endorsed the Swadeshi movement through his songs and poems. There was a change in his attitude as noted by Sumit Sarkar in his book, Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. He says: "[From] trying in vain to placate the foreign ruler and talking big in a foreign tongue, he (Tagore) urges volunteers to the villages instead, spreading social and political enlightment in the melas and through magic lantern lectures, and, above all to revive our traditional samaj, channelling all constructive work through it once again."
(a) What was the impact of the Anti-Partition Movement?
(b) How did the people react to the Partition of Bengal?
(c) What was Lord Curzon's argument in favour of the Partition of Bengal? How did the nationalists interpret Lord Curzon's motives?
In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.
- Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
- Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
- Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (B) is false.
- Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
Assertion (A) : Lala Lajpat Rai dead was even more dangerous than Lajpat Rai alive.
Reason (R) : His death unleashed hectic revolutionary activity which culminated in the execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.