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Factoids for Prelims 2021

Some confusing things in modern history 

1)Deenabandhutitle give for C F Andrews by Gnadhi n st stephen students. Deshbandhupopular name for C R Das. Dinbandhuweeklymarathijournal byNm lokhande 1880

Deenabandhuweeklymalayalamnewspaper byVR  Krishnanin 1941.

2)Servants of People societyfounded byLala lajpat Rai in 1921 st lahore. (Inaugurated by gandhi)

Servants of Indian Society  founded by Gopal krishna Gokhale in 1905.


3)Indian Independence League 1942formed by rash behari bose in Tokyo japan.

Independence of Indian League 1927formed byJ L nehru n bose against dominion status in nehru report.

4)Delhi Chalo movementis associated withIndividual satyagraha movementduring 1940-1941)

Dilli chalo marchor slogun given bysubashChandra boseto motivate INA members.

5)Dwarkanath Tagore (1764 -1846) founded Landholders society in 1838 along with Radhakanta Deb.

His son is Debendranath tagore.

Debendranath tagore(1817 to 1905)was founder oftattwabodhini sabha in 1839n Tattvabodhini patrika in 1843,became head of bramho samaj

In 1865 due to differences with Kc sen he reorganized brahmo samajinto Adi bramo samaj.

His sons areSatyendarnath tagore 1st Indianto qualify ICS in 1863.

Rabindranath tagore - Jana gana mana, Amar shonar Bangla,srilanka national anthem,Gitajali,nobel prize in Literature(1913), founded vishwabharthi.

Abanindranath Tagorenephew of Rabindranath tagore foundedIndian Society of orientalArt,painted Bharat mata(1905)


Hey, just a correct - Rabindranath Tagore did not compose the Sri Lankan national anthem. It was composed by Ananda Samarakoon who was Tagore's disciple. Some of course say that the music and lyrics was inspired by Tagore. :-)

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