CBSE Questions for Class 8 History The Making Of The National Movement 1870S To 1947 Quiz 4 - MCQExams.com

• Chittaranjan Das, a revolutionary freedom fighter, was endearingly called ‘Deshabandhu’ (Friend of the Nation). Born on 5 November 1870 in Calcutta, he belonged to an upper middle-class family of Telirbagh, in Dacca district.
• Chittaranjan’s patriotic ideas were greatly influenced by his father, Bhuban Mohan Das, a reputed Solicitor of the Calcutta High Court. It was Bankim Chandra who influenced him in his political ideas. It was not before 1917 that Das came to the forefront of nationalist politics. In that year he was invited to preside over the Bengal Provincial Conference held at Bhowanipore. His political career was brief but meteoric. In the course of only eight years he rose to all-India fame by virtue of his intense patriotism, sincerity and oratorical power.

Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.

In 1928, the Commission stepped in Lahore where it was met by protesters waving dark flags. The challenge was driven by Indian patriot Lala Lajpat Rai, who had moved a determination against the Commission in the Legislative Assembly of Punjab in February 1928. The protestors were lathi-charged. In one such lathi-charge by the police at Lahore, Lala Lajpatrai was wounded.

Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of launching Quit India Movement on 8^th August 1942 gave the call ‘Do or Die’. Gandhiji said we shall either free India or die in the attempt.

On 12th March 1930, Gandhi inaugurated The Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March, where he broke the Salt Laws imposed by the British Government. Followed by seventy nine ashramites, Gandhi embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

On 6th April 1930, Gandhi with the accompaniment of seventy nine satyagrahis, violated the Salt Law by picking up a fistful of salt lying on the sea shore. They manually made salt on the shores of Dandi. 

The Bande Mataram was an English language newspaper founded in 1905 by Bipin Chandra Pal and later edited by Sri Aurobindo. It was first published on 6 August 1906.

Mahatma Gandhi played leading roles in Quit India movement, Civil disobedience movement, and Non-Cooperation movement but was not associated with the Home Rule Movement. Prominent Indians like Joseph Baptista, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. S. Khaparde, Sir S. Subramania Iyer and the leader of the Theosophical Society, Annie Besant were associated with the Home Rule Movement.