History MCQs | Modern India -1

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4-b: The Swaraj Party or the Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party was formed on 1 January 1923 by C R Das and Motilal Nehru. 

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• Asiatic Society was founded on 1st January, 1784. William Jones was the first president of the Asiatic Society. The journal called Asiatic Researches was published by the society. 
• William Jones (1746-94) came to Calcutta as a judge of the Supreme Court under the governor generalship of Waren Hastings. 

6-a:Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded by Bhagat Singh in 1926

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• On August 8, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi delivered his famous "do or die" speech at Mumbai's Gawalia Tank Maidan, This famous speech marked the beginning of Quit India Movement.
• Gawalia Tank Maidan is also called August Kranti Maidan.

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