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Topic: Indian Freedom Struggle

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This lawyer and freedom fighter famously defended Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt , after they threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, during the passage of a controversial ordinance. He was the minister in charge of the Railways and Transport in the interim Govt. of India before serving as the first ambassador from India to the USA .

Just name him. Else, name his wife.

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Asaf AliAruna Asaf Ali

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Name the author and the book.2

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It is a major wintering ground for migrant birds from North India, Europe, Asia and Africa. It gets its name from the fact that the four major Hindu sacred texts were recovered from a temple here. What is this town in Tamil Nadu and how did it enter the history books in 1930?

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Vedaranyam. Rajaji did a salt protest here a la Dandi.

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He was an English lawyer and judge, infamously remembered for his controversial presidency of a committee appointed in 1918 by the British Government to evaluate the links between political terrorism in India, and the German government and the Bolsheviks in Russia. Who?

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Sidney Rowlatt

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It was formed in the United States in 1913 by Har Dayal, with the aim of ousting the British from India, by armed revolution, anticipating that Indian soldiers posted overseas would ally with them in their cause, and actively targeted them with propaganda, encouraging them to mutiny against the British. They were responsible for the 1915 mutinies of the Baluchi Regiment at Rangoon, and the sepoy mutiny in Singapore.

What?

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The Ghadar party (Ghadar is an Urdu/Punjabi word for "mutiny" or "rebellion")

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He worked as a clerk in the Dehra Dun Forest Research Institute. He was involved in the planning of the attack on Hardinge in 1912. He gained more prominence with something that he did together with Mohan Singh and Sardar Pritam Singh some 30 years later.

Who?

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Rash Behari Bose; started the INA

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On 30th April, 1908 in Muzzafarpur, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki tried to kill the Chief Magistrate Kingsford, who was notorious for passing out stiff sentences against nationalist activists. Following a massive manhunt, Bose was arrested and later hanged. Chaki evaded arrest and shot himself.

Another young guy X was also arrested on charges of masterminding the attacks but a young lawyer Chittaranjan Das ably defended him. X later left politics and became famous in another field.

Name X.

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Aurobindo Ghosh

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Edited by?

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A. O. Hume

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What is the significance of this water body in Indian history?

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The picture is that of Gowalia Tank, taken at the turn of the century. By the 1930’s it had dried out completely, and was known as Gowalia Tank Maidan. Gowalia Tank Maidan was where Gandhi gave the famous ‘Quit India’ speech. It is now known as August Kranti Maidan.

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X is the process in which a Shaikh or Pir identifies one of his disciples as his successor. It also gives its name to a movement from 1919-24 to influence the British Government and to protect the Ottoman Empire from being split up during the aftermath of World War I. This movement also got identified with Indian independence.

What is X?

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Khilafat