With reference to the Vaikom Satyagraha, which statement is/are correct?
1. It was started in Travancore.
2. It was against the Salt Tax in Kerala.Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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Statement 1 is correct. The Vaikom Satyagraha was started in Travancore (present-day Kerala) in 1924.
Statement 2 is incorrect. The Vaikom Satyagraha was not against the Salt Tax; it was a movement against the practice of untouchability and aimed at securing the rights of lower castes to access public roads leading to the Vaikom Temple.
Which of the following figures faced an impeachment trial in the British Parliament?
Who had devised the policy called the 'Doctrine of Lapse' in Colonial India?
In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, A History of British India. In this he divided Indian history into three periods—Hindu, Muslim and:
The First Anglo-Afghan war took place in:
The main objective of British economic policies in India was to:
What was the reason for stagnation in the agricultural sector during the colonial rule?
In which year did the Lahore Congress adopt the demand for 'Purna Swaraj'?
Which of the following kingdoms was not annexed by the East India Company under the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
