Category 33 · Modern History

Quick Reference for Revision

7 micro topics in Modern History for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Governors-General and Viceroys of India: Significant Events in Their Rule; Annual Sessions of the Indian National Congress; and 5 more.

1. 33.1

   Governors-General and Viceroys of India: Significant Events in Their Rule

   Fifteen Governors-General from Warren Hastings (1773) to Canning (1857) and twenty Viceroys from Canning (1858) to Mountbatten (1947-48) ruled British India. This revision table lists each ruler's years and the wars, treaties, laws, reforms and movements…

2. 33.2

   Annual Sessions of the Indian National Congress

   The Indian National Congress held its first session at Bombay on 28 December 1885 under W.C. Bonnerjee and met every year, usually in late December, with a few exceptions. This table lists the sessions from 1885…

3. 33.3

   Personalities Associated With Specific Movements

   This revision table matches leaders and workers to the four great movements of the nationalist period: the Swadeshi Movement of 1905-08, the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920-22, the Civil Disobedience Movement from 1930 and the Quit India…

4. 33.4

   Famous Trials of the Nationalist Period

   A series of political trials, from Bahadur Shah Zafar's in 1858 to the INA trials at the Red Fort in 1945, marked the nationalist period. This revision table lists each trial with date, accused, charge and…

5. 33.5

   Caste Movements

   Caste movements of the nationalist period challenged Brahminical dominance and untouchability, from Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj of 1873 to Ambedkar's Depressed Classes Institution of 1924 and Gandhi's Harijan campaign. This revision table lists each movement with…

6. 33.6

   Peasant Movements: A Chronological Table

   Peasant movements from Titu Mir's rising of the 1830s to the Telangana insurrection of 1946-51 are summarised here in time order, with leader, year, region, cause and result. The table covers the Pagal Panthis, Moplah risings,…

7. 33.7

   Newspapers and Journals of the Nationalist Era

   This revision table lists newspapers and journals of India from Hickey's Bengal Gazette of 1780 to the National Herald of 1938, with year, place and founder or editor. It covers the first papers of the presidency…

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Which topics are in Quick Reference for Revision?

Quick Reference for Revision has 7 micro topics in Modern History: Governors-General and Viceroys of India: Significant Events in Their Rule; Annual Sessions of the Indian National Congress; Personalities Associated With Specific Movements; Famous Trials of the Nationalist Period; Caste Movements; Peasant Movements: A Chronological Table; Newspapers and Journals of the Nationalist Era.

Is Quick Reference for Revision important for UPSC Prelims?

Quick Reference for Revision is a part of the UPSC Prelims Modern History syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 7 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.