GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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When the British opened a college in Calcutta.
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When Mohandas Gandhi returned to India.
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The creation of the INC.
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When Rabindranath Tagore wob a Nobel Prize for literature.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hindu Mela was a political and cultural festival started in 1867 in Calcutta.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social Contributions by Raja Ram Mohan Roy Raja Ram Mohan Roy campaigned against the caste system, untouchability, superstitions and use of intoxicants. He attacked child marriage, polygamy, illiteracy of women and the degraded state of widows. He fought against the perceived ills of Hindu society at that time.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the colonial period, Calcutta had many grand examples of architecture. These were adorned with Gothic, Roman, Oriental and Indo-Islamic motifs. Indian Museum, Victoria, Memorial, National library of India, Academy of fine arts, etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bengal Renaissance was a movement characterised by a sociopolitical awakening in the arts, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, and other fields of intellectual inquiry.