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. Which freedom fighter and educationist founded the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, an educational trust, in Mumbai on 7 November 1938?
#2. The Mughal emperor who gave permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat was
#3. 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.
#4. Which freedom fighter was known as “Shaheed-e-Azam”?
#5. Which colonial power occupied Goa till 1961?
#6. Which part of the Constitution was prepared by Jawaharlal Nehru?
#7. In which language was Kesari, a newspaper started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, published?
#8. Who wrote the patriotic poem “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna”?
#9. Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya?
#10. Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belonged to
#11. Who was called Grand Old Man of India?
#12. 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?
#13. Who was the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress?
#14. “Jana Gana Mana”, the Indian National Anthem is written by
#15. Who was the Prime Minister of UK at the time of India’s independence?
#16. The call of “Back to the Vedas” was given by
#17. Rabindranath Tagore renounced the Knighthood in 1919 as a protest against
#18. Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?
#19. Who said “Give me blood, I will give you freedom”?
#20. Who penned one of the patriotic song “Saare jahan se achha Hindostan humara”?
#21. When was the East India Company established?
#22. To which personality did Gandhiji give the title “Deen bandhu”?
#23. 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.