●  The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919 passed under lord Chelmsford

●  Popularly known as the Rowlatt Act, passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War.

●  It was enacted in light of a perceived threat from revolutionary nationalists to organisations of re-engaging in similar conspiracies as during the war.

●  Rowlatt Act which brought Gandhi to the mainstream of the Indian struggle for independence.

●  Statement 1 is incorrect: Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of Bengal.

●  Charles Canning was the Governor-General of India during the rebellion.

●  The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857.

●  It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857.

●  Lord Dalhousie:1848-1856

●  Lord Hardinge: 1910-1916

●  Lord Lytton: 1887-1891

●  After the revolt of 1857 came the Good government act or the Victoria Proclamation.

●  The act abolished the system of provincial diarchy

●  Suggested establishment of diarchy at the centre and a ‘Federation of India’ consisting of the provinces of British India and most of the princely states.

●  Federal Legislature: The act suggested that the legislature will have two houses, i.e., the Council of States and a Federal Assembly.

●  Provincial Autonomy: This act enabled the Provincial Governments to be responsible only to Provincial Legislatures and helped them break free from external control and intrusion.

●  It provided for the establishment of a Federal Court, which was set up in 1937.

o  Lord Curzon: 1899-1905; Division of Bengal

o  Lord Harding : 1910-1916; 1911 royal durbar

o  Lord Chlemsford:1916-1921; Montague-Chelmsford reforms

o  Lord Irwin: 1926-1931; Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

●  The last major extension of British Indian Territory took place during Dalhousie under his Doctrine of Lapse (Jhansi, Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur and Nagpur) and on the basis of misgovernance (Awadh).

●  Lytton proposed to effect "the gradual disintegration and weakening of the Afghan power."

●  To force British terms on the Amir, a new attack on Afghanistan was launched in 1878. Peace came in May 1879 when Sher Ali's son, Yakub Khan, signed the Treaty of Gandamak by which the British secured all they had desired.

●  They secured certain border districts, the right to keep a Resident at Kabul, and control over Afghanistan's foreign policy.

●  The British success was short lived. The national pride of the Afghans had been hurt and once again they rose to defend their independence.

•   Attlee's instruction to Mountbatten was crisp and clear: ‘Keep India united if you can. If not, save something from the wreck. In any case, get Britain out’.

•   During the formation of Congress in 1885 Curzon remarked that “In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitious while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise."

•   This is the statement given by Lord Curzon, Governor-General and Viceroy of India (1899-1905).

•   Being a racist in thinking, his policies resulted in deep discontent and the upsurge of a revolutionary movement in the country.

•   He is remembered as one of the most unpopular and hated Viceroy of India.

Correct matches

•   Lord Dalhousie  Doctrine of Lapse

•   Lord William Bentinck  Prohibition of Sati

•   Lord Rippon  Local Self-Government

•   Lord Curzon  Division of Bengal

•   Lord Wavell (1944-1947) was the Viceroy of India when Clement Atlee announced the end of British Raj in India.

•   Atlee recalled Lord Wavell and sent Lord Mountbatten (1947-1948) to grant India its Independence.