3. ACTIVISM
1896
• the Mumbai Presidency was hit first by famine, and shortly thereafter
by bubonic plague..
1902
• Shyamji Krishna Varma-London's Indian community
• Dadabhai Naoroji-president of the British Committee of the Indian
National Congress.
1905
• founding of Varma's Indian Home Rule Society
1907
• Paris –Vinayak Savarkar, Madan Lal Dhingra
4. 22 AUGUST 1907, SECOND SOCIALIST CONGRESS AT
STUTTGART, GERMANY
Flag Of Indian Independence
5. "This flag is of Indian
Independence! Behold, it is born!
It has been made sacred by the
blood of young Indians who
sacrificed their lives. I call upon
you, gentlemen to rise and salute
this flag of Indian Independence.
In the name of this flag, I appeal to
lovers of freedom all over the
world to support this flag."
6. • Influenced by Christabel Pankhurst and the Suffragette movement,
• Bhikhaiji Cama was vehement in her support for gender equality.
Speaking in Cairo, Egypt in 1910,
she asked, "I see here the representatives of only half the population of
Egypt. May I ask where is the other half? Sons of Egypt, where are the
daughters of Egypt? Where are your mothers and sisters? Your wives
and daughters?" Cama's stance with respect to the vote for women was
however secondary to her position on Indian independence;
7. After the end of war Madam Cama returned back to Paris and resumed
her political activities. But her health was not supportive. Being
occupied with the revolutionary activities, she had been neglecting her
health. Her financial situation had also deteriorated. Her wish to return
to her motherland started getting intense.
In 1935 i.e. after 34 long years she was granted permission to return to
India. She came to Mumbai, but did not live for long
On 13th August, 1936 she died. •But in true sense, the lady who
unfurled the First national flag of India across the seven seas is the real
‘Daughter of Maharashtra’ and ‘Daughter of India’.
LONGING FOR
MOTHERLAND
