Exam 8: Notable Figures and Movements in History

Swarnakumari Devi formed the Ladies Society in .............. in 1882 for educating and imparting skills to widows and other poor women to make them economically self reliant.

In ................, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law.

The Ulgulam was led by .............during 1895-1900 in Jharkhand.

In 1998, Augusto Pinochet was arrested in ........... following an indictment by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón under the universal-jurisdiction principle.

The Council of Europe, founded in 1949, is the oldest organisation working for European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in ........

..............was born 1 April 1940 in the Nyeri District in the central highlands of Kenya.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in ................ with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights.

Pursuant to Article 63, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights came into effect on October 21, .............., in honour of which October 21 was declared African Human Rights Day.

Bhils of Khandesh revolted against the ............ occupation in 1818.

Maathai led a movement to plant trees throughout ............... This became known as the Green Belt movement.

Pahariyas Revolt in ............... 1778

In ................., Wangari Maathai returned to Nairobi where she became the first East African women to receive a Ph.D - which she gained it in veterinary anatomy.

................ in his classic 'A Grammar of Politics' observed that every state is known by the rights that it maintains.

The Green Belt movement was supported by the ............... Forestry Society and Maathai later gained a job as coordinator.

The Council of Europe, founded in ..............., is the oldest organisation working for European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in France.

............... is inspired by Black Panther Party, a revolutionary movement amongst African-Americans, which emerged in the United States and functioned from 1966-1982.

Dalit Panther is a social organization, founded by ................. in April 1972 in Mumbai.

Kol Uprisings in ................. 1784- 85

In the early 1980s, ............... was elected chairman of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK).

The Kukis of ............... revolted in 1917 under the leadership of Jadonang and his niece, Rani Gaidinliu.