As we celebrate 76 years of Indian independence, take some time to find out how much do you know about the people, places and events related to the freedom struggle.
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#1. Who penned one of the patriotic song “Saare jahan se achha Hindostan humara”?
#2. Who was the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress?
#3. In 1987, the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was given to a Pakistani citizen who was a famous independence activist. Who was this person?
#4. Who was the Prime Minister of UK at the time of India’s independence?
#5. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
#6. Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?
#7. Which colonial power occupied Goa till 1961?
#8. To which personality did Gandhiji give the title “Deen bandhu”?
#9. Which lady freedom fighter, who once served as Congress president, authored collection of poems “The Golden Threshold”, “The Bird of Time” and “The Broken Wing”?
#10. The Mughal emperor who gave permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat was
#11. Which freedom fighter and educationist founded the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, an educational trust, in Mumbai on 7 November 1938?
#12. Who wrote the patriotic poem “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna”?
#13. Which part of the Constitution was prepared by Jawaharlal Nehru?
#14. Rabindranath Tagore renounced the Knighthood in 1919 as a protest against
#15. What is the colour of the Ashok Chakra on our National Flag?
The Ashoka Chakra, replaced the symbol of the charkha of the pre-independence version of the flag, is rendered in navy blue on a white background. The chakra signifies that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. It represents the dynamism of a peaceful change.
#16. In which language was Kesari, a newspaper started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, published?
#17. Which freedom fighter was known as “Shaheed-e-Azam”?
#18. Prior to 1947, which insignia was used instead of the Chakra in the middle of the white strip on the National Flag?
The year 1931 was a landmark in the history of the flag. A resolution was passed adopting a tricolor flag as our national flag. This flag, the forbear of the present one, was saffron, white and green with Mahatma Gandhi’s spinning wheel at the center. It was, however, clearly stated that it bore no communal significance and was to be interpreted thus.
#19. The call of “Back to the Vedas” was given by
#20. “Jana Gana Mana”, the Indian National Anthem is written by
#21. Who said “Give me blood, I will give you freedom”?
#22. When was the East India Company established?
#23. Who was called Grand Old Man of India?
