Modern India Test - 3

Mr. Attlee, the Prime Minister of England, transferred the power to the Indians in June 1948.

BJP's origin lies in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed in 1951 by Syama Prasad Mukherjee. After the State of Emergency in 1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party. It defeated the incumbent Congress party in the 1977 general election. After three years in power, the Janata party dissolved in 1980, with the members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvening to form the BJP.

G.V Mavalankar was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Plural executive does not conform to the parliamentary system prevalent in India.

The office of the Governor General of India was created by Charter Act, 1833.

The first state on linguistic basis for Telugu speaking people called Andhra State was created on October 1, 1953. It was later renamed Andhra Pradesh.

The Cripps Mission visited India in March 1942. It was a failed attempt by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by a senior minister, Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal and leader of the House of Commons.

Government of India Act, 1935 gave representation to the Indians for the first time in the legislation.

Government of India Act 1935 was passed by British Parliament in August 1935. With 321 sections and 10 schedules, this was the longest act passed by British Parliament so far and was later split into two parts viz. Government of India Act 1935 and Government of Burma Act 1935.

The Government of India Act 1935 derived material from four key sources viz. Report of the Simon Commission, discussions at the Third Round Table Conference, the White Paper of 1933 and the reports of the Joint select committees. This act ended the system of dyarchy introduced by GOI Act 1919 and provided for establishment of a Federation of India to be made up of provinces of British India and some or all of the Princely states.

The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26, 1950 because in 1929, Indian National Congress has passed a resolution under the presidentship of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in the Lahore Session to observe January 26 every year as Purna Sawarajya or Independence.

The inaugural session of the Constituent Assembly of India was presided over by Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha.