History Questions & Answers



When was launched the Wardha Educational Conference ?

July 26th, 2011 | Comment

On July 31, 1937, Gandhi had published an article in the Harijan. Based upon this article, an all India National Education Conference was held on October 22 and 23, 1937, which was called the Wardha Educational Conference. The following resolutions were taken at the Wardha Educational Conference

  1. Free and compulsory education to be provided for 7 years at a nationwide scale.
  2. Mother tongue should be the medium of instruction.
  3. Through out this period of 7 years, the education should be around some forms of manual and productive work and for this purpose a handicraft must be chosen, based upon the environment of the child.
  4. This system would generate the remuneration of the teachers.    

Following this conference, a committee under Dr. Zakir Hussain was appointed to formulate the scheme of the basic education. The aim of the basic education was to develop the qualities of the ideal citizenship and more aspect should be give to the Indian culture than the literacy.

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Which political party published Vanguard?

June 27th, 2011 | Comment

Vanguard was mouthpiece of Radical Democratic Party which was founded by M N Roy. Its editor was Ram Singh.

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Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad?

June 22nd, 2011 | Comment

The famous slogan Inquilab Zindabad was given by Iqbal. The revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru of Hindustan Socialist Republic Association made it very famous.

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Which Asoka Pillars Inscription talks about taxation?

June 10th, 2011 | Comment

Rummindei Pillar Inscription says that The Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, when he had been consecrated twenty years, came in person find referenced the place where Buddha Sakyamuni was born. He caused a stone enclosure to be made and a stone pillar to be erected. As the Lord was born here in the village of Lumbini, he has exempted it from tax, and fixed its contribution [i.e. of grain] at one-eigth.

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In which year Bombay Primary Education Act was passed?

June 10th, 2011 | Comment

Bombay Primary Education Act was the first act in India via which the state accepted the principle of compulsory primary education in a province. The Bill was introduced in the Legislative assembly of Bombay by Vitthal Bhai patel and, the bill got passed as Bombay Primary Education Act 1918.

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