Modern Indian History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 25)

The Commission found Collector Jackson himself at fault for the confrontation, and he was relieved of his post as a result.

He was captured with help from the Raja of Pudukkottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman, a rival Poligar allied to the British.

He disputed unpaid taxes with collector Jackson, citing a prolonged drought, and refused to meet him.

Maniram Dewan and Piyali Barua were publicly hanged at Jorhat Central Jail on 26 February 1858, sparking further unrest against colonial rule in Assam.

Maniram Dewan sent coded letters urging support for Prince Kandarpeswar Singha, aiming to restore the Ahom monarchy with sepoy backing, before the plot was uncovered.

Captain Charles Holroyd seized Maniram Dewan’s tea facilities in 1851, part of a pattern of administrative obstacles from competing European planters that deepened his grievances against British rule.

With gardens at Cinnamara and Selung, Maniram Dewan became the first Indian to grow tea commercially in Assam, independent of British-run companies.

Maniram Dewan directed the Bruce brothers to Bessa Gaum, whose Singpho community already cultivated tea, a key step in Assam tea reaching British attention.

He was arrested along with his companion, Vir Singh, and both were later executed together.

His title “Yuvraj” marks him as heir to Kullu’s ruling family, not a commoner leading a spontaneous protest.

Chittu Pandey’s brief Ballia uprising is often compared to Nana Patil’s Prati Sarkar in Satara, which ran a similar parallel government for years rather than days.

British forces retook Ballia within about a week, forcing Chittu Pandey and other revolutionaries to flee.

Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose, despite differing sharply on strategy, both called Chittu Pandey “Sher-e-Ballia,” the Lion of Ballia.

Their proclamation predates the Revolt of 1857 by 56 years, among the earliest such calls against British rule.

Chittu Pandey was proclaimed “Swaraj Ziladhish,” or Independent District Magistrate, of Ballia in August 1942.

Chittu Pandey led revolutionaries who ousted British officials from Ballia district on 19 August 1942.

Santi Ghosh served in the West Bengal Legislative Council (1952-62, 1967-68) and the Legislative Assembly (1962-64), after also earning a college education.

Both were released in 1939 through amnesty negotiations involving Mahatma Gandhi, after serving seven years of their life sentence.

Tried in Kolkata in February 1932, both were sentenced to transportation for life, as they were minors at the time of the assassination.

Choudhury was 14 and Ghosh was 15 at the time, making them among the youngest political prisoners of the entire freedom struggle.

The two entered the office of C.G.B. Stevens, District Magistrate of Comilla, on the pretext of a petition, then shot him with pistols hidden under their shawls.

After independence, Nana Patil served as a Communist Party of India MP, from Satara (1957-62) and Beed (1967-71).

Nana Patil remained underground for 44 months during the Quit India years, evading British capture.

The Prati Sarkar’s armed wing was called the Toofan Sena, commanded by Captain Ramachandra Sripati Lad.

Nana Patil founded the Prati Sarkar, an underground parallel government, in Satara district in August 1943.