Indian National Movement Test - 2

Lord Dalhousie - James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1^st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC, styled Lord Ramsay until 1838 and known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India. He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.

Lord Mountbatten was the last Governor-General in India. Upon independence in August 1947, the title of Viceroy was abolished. The representative of the British Sovereign became known once again as the Governor-General.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, informally called Rajaji or C. R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, as India soon became a Republic in 1950.

Charles John Canning, 1^st Earl Canning KG GCB KCSI PC, also known as the Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

The Non-Cooperation Movement was a significant but short phase of the Indian independence movement from British rule. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and lasted from 1920 to February 1922. It aimed to resist British rule in India through non-violence.

Various stages of the Non-Cooperation Movement were launched by Mahatma Gandhi like surrender of titles that the government awarded, and boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils, schools, and foreign goods, but under the jurisdiction of law.

Gandhiji was the follower of non-violence.

The clarion call `Dilli Chalo` was given by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Netaji's call was significant. He urged the British-enslaved people of the country to go forward and capture the seat of power.

Young Bengal Movement was launched by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), who had come to Calcutta in 1826 and was appointed in the Hindu College as a teacher of English literature and History. Besides this, he edited Hesperus and Calcutta Literary Gazette.

Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian national flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942. After Independence, she remained active in politics, becoming Delhi's first mayor in 1958.

It was the Dutch East India Company to start a joint stock company to trade with India.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati was an Indian social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor.

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19^th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.

Gopal Krishan Gokhale was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society.