The Monday Legacy Quiz

Q1) The "Triplicane Six", as they were called, were angry with the
criticism that followed the appointment of T. Muthuswami Aiyer, as a
Judge of the Madras High Court, the first Indian to be so appointed.
They borrowed one rupee and 12 annas and decided to counter the
campaign against Muthuswami Aiyer's appointment.

Q2) A Parsi scholar and priest by the name of Fardoonji Murazban was
a pioneer brought out a Gujarati Calendar in 1814, fully 6 years
before the first Bengali Calendar was printed and published in
Calcutta. In 1822, he published 3 small quarto sheets. 10 inches by 8
inches. Then were four columns of short paragraphs about Government
and Court appointments and changes, and powers of attorney taken from
the court; about the arrival and departure of ships and of Europeans
from Bombay; and a list of European deaths; as well as of ships
loading in the harbour. A short paragraph of ten lines was devoted to
news from Canton in China, given the prices of Opium.

Q3) Kandathil Varghese Mappillai in Kottayam, an accomplished writer
and intellectual hailing from the small town in the princely state of
Travancore, had a mission to articulate the aspirations of the Pulayas
– the untouchables then. in 1888, he initiated a passionate plea for
the education and welfare of the Pulayas.

Q4) In 1942, at the onset of the Quit India Movement, aggressive
freedom fighter Mr. PC Gupta decides to take up the cause of the
movement in Jhansi and mobilize collective action for the movement

Q5) John Clark Marshman, missionary of charity, traveled to India and
managed the Serampore Mission in 1812. With the help of his father, he
issued monthly circular letters containing comments and correspondence
on the work of the missionaries in India among Hindus, Muslims and the
East India Company soldiery. These were superseded in 1818 by the
monthly Friend of India, retailing intelligence from Europe and East
Asia as well as the subcontinent.

Q6) In 1931, an outspoken Ayurvedic doctor and freedom fighter called
Varadarajulu Naidu, described as the `Tilak of South India' decided to
establish a wider audience for his irascible views.

Q7) In 1924, Master Sunder Singh of the Akalis felt the need to oppose
the British. In 1924, he received the support of Mahatma Gandhi for
his initiative.