National Movement Test - 7

Partition sparked a major political crisis along religious lines. Hindu resistance exploded as the Indian National Congress began the swadeshi movement that included boycotting British goods, terrorism and diplomatic pressure. The Muslims in East Bengal hoped that a separate region would give them more control over education and employment, but they instead lost ground.

In 1814, Ram Mohan came and settled in Calcutta and in 1815, he founded the Atmiya Sabha - an association for the dissemination of the religious truth and the promotion of free discussions of theological subjects.

The Bengali weekly published by Raja Mohan Roy was Sambad Kaumudi.

On 6^th October, 1839, Debendranath Tagore, son of Dwarkanath Tagore, established Tattvaranjini Sabha, which was shortly thereafter renamed the Tattwabodhini (Truth-seekers) Sabha. Initially confined to immediate members of the Tagore family, in 2 years, it mustered over 500 members. In 1840, Debendranath published a Bangla translation of Katha Upanishad. It was a group started in Calcutta. It was splinter group of Bramho Samaj which was later dissolved back into Bramho Samaj in 1859.

In 1866 Keshab Chunder Sen organized the more radical Brahmo Samaj of India, which campaigned for the education of women and against child marriages.

The Sadharan Brahmo Samaj was started with three distinguished men as its leaders on 15th May 1878. These three were Ananda Mohan Bose, Shibchandra Deb and Umesh Chandra Datta. These three were initiated into the Brahmo Samaj of India by Keshub Chandra Sen.

A vocal supporter for Indian Home Rule, Annie Besant was interned by the British authorities during the First World War. In 1917, she was declared the President of the Indian National Congress party.

The Age of Consent Act, 1891, also Act X of 1891, was a legislation enacted in British India on 19 March 1891 which raised the age of consent for sexual intercourse for all girls, married or unmarried, from ten to twelve years in all jurisdictions, its violation subject to criminal prosecution as rape.

The interviews were conducted at several locations in India in a project of the Archives of Indian Labour in collaboration with N. M. Joshi Centre for Labour Research & Education. The memoir comprises partially a description of autobiographical nature apart from accounts of some major Trade union movements and other Mass Movements in their life periods.

The Regulating Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India. The Act did not prove to be a long-term solution to concerns over the Company's affairs; Pitt's India Act was therefore subsequently enacted in 1784 as a more radical reform.