Explanation

Explanation

• The Partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon on 20 July 1905.
• It came into force on 16 October 1905.
• The Hindu community and the Indian National Congress strongly opposed it.
• In December 1911, King George V announced the revocation of the partition at his Coronation Durbar in Delhi.

Explanation

The word "Pakistan" was first coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali in 1933 in his pamphlet "Now or Never."

He explained that "Pakistan" is both a Persian and Urdu word describing the “Muslim homelands” of Panjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sindh (including Kutch and Kathiawar), and Baluchistan.

Explanation

·        The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commission,

·        was a group of seven Members of Parliament

·        under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

·        The commission arrived in India in 1928

·        to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession.

Simon Commission wanted to check the working of Government of India Act, 1919.

Explanation

• The War of Independence of 1857 was officially declared ended by the British government on November 1, 1858, with the proclamation of Queen Victoria's rule over India.
• The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Independence.
• It was began on May 10, 1857, at Meerut as a sepoy mutiny.