Colonial | MCQs

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• First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning in 1858
• Last Viceroy of India: Lord Mountbatten in 1947
• First Governor of Bengal: Robert Clive
• First Governor-General of Bengal: Warren Hastings (1772-1785)
• First Governor-General of India: William Bentinck in 1833

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·        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.

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The British Crown assumed direct control over India in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

It is also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

This marked the end of the East India Company's rule and the beginning of the British Raj, which lasted until India gained independence in 1947.

The British ruled India directly for 90 years, from 1858 to 1947.

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The Government of India Act of 1935 was passed by the British Parliament in August 1935.

But the elections were not conducted immediately.

The act came into force in April 1937.

The first elections under the act were held the same year.

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Lord Wavell remained viceroy of India from 1943 to 1947

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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.

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Wavell served as the penultimate viceroy under two prime ministers, Churchill and Attlee.

He came to India as the successor to Lord Linlithgow.