Explanation

• During the time of Lord Ripon, the age limit for civil service was raised from 18 to 21.
• First Factory Act was passed in the year 1881.
• Hunter commission was appointed in the year 1882 for educational reforms.

Explanation

The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 and resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj, i.e. Crown rule in India. 

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Explanation

The Simla Conference of 1945 was a meeting between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India at the Viceregal Lodge in Simla.

Lord Wavell

Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC was a senior officer of the British Army.

He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres

Born: May 5, 1883, Colchester, United Kingdom

Died: May 24, 1950, Westminster, London, United Kingdom

Full name: Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

Explanation

Lord Rippon initiated many reforms to ease the plight of the local Indians during his tenure as the Viceroy. Chief among those reforms was the introduction of local government, the first of its kind in British India. 

Explanation

Lord Litan repealed Vernacular Press Act

The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 during British rule in India.

It aimed to regulate the vernacular press, which published newspapers and pamphlets in various Indian languages.