FACTORS LEADING TO THE GROWN OF INDIAN NATIONALISM. ICSE History & Civics Grade X ICSE History Chapter 2: FACTORS LEADING TO THE GROWN OF INDIAN NATIONALISM. According to latest syllabus.

1. FACTORS
LEADING TO
THE GROWTH
OF
NATIONALISM

2. SCOPE OF SYLLABUS
➢FACTORS LEADING TO THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM:
ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION, REPRESSIVE COLONIAL POLICIES, SOCIO-
RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS (BRIEF MENTION OF
CONTRIBUTION OF RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY AND JYOTIBA PHULE) AND
ROLE OF THE PRESS.
➢FOUNDATION OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS -
THE INDIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (SURENDRANATH BANERJEE)
AND THE EAST INDIA ASSOCIATION (DADABHAI NAOROJI) AS
PRECURSORS. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL
CONGRESS - THE FIRST TWO SESSIONS AND THEIR PRESIDENTS
SHOULD BE MENTIONED.

3. MEANING OF NATIONALISM
1. A feeling of love or pride for your own
country.
2. A feeling that your country is better than
any other.

4. THE INFLUENCE OF WESTERN EDUCATION.
1)It provided opportunities for assimilating(to learn and understand something)
ideas of democracy and nationalism.
2)Educated Indians had access to ideals of liberty, equality, nationality, rule of
law and self-government.
3)The English language too served as a link language, uniting people and
developing a sense of national consciousness.
4)People in India drew inspiration from the American war of independence
and the French revolution.

6. ROLE OF THE PRESS IN PROMOTING NATIONALISTIC
SENTIMENTS AMONGST THE INDIANS
THE PRESS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS IT
1. Spread the message of patriotism and modern liberal
2. Ideals of liberty, freedom, equality among the people
3. It criticized daily the unjust policy of the British government in
India and exposed the true nature of the British rule in India .
4. It made exchange of views possible among different social
groups from different parts of the country and in organizing
political movements
5. It made the Indians aware of what was happening in the world
and it helped them to shape their own policies and programmes.

7. ROLE OF MIDDLE CLASS
✓Skilled professionals like DOCTORS, LAWYERS AND TEACHERS
went abroad for higher learning.
✓Understood western political systems.
✓Compared quality of life in west and India.
✓Provided leadership to emerging Indian nationalism.

8. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MEANS OF TRANSPORT
AND COMMUNICATION.
• The development of the Postal System,
Telegraph, Railways And Roads helped to
unify the country. There was speedy
transmission of messages and communication.
• This enabled the Indians to come in contact
with one another and discuss the problems
facing one another.

9. REPRESSIVE COLONIAL POLICIES OF LORD LYTTON.
1.Organized the grand Delhi durbar.
2.Introduced the vernacular press act.
3.Introduced the Indian arms act.
4.Reduced the maximum age to take up the ICS
examination from 21 to 19 years.
5.Removed the import duties on the British
goods and harmed the Indian industry.
6. Ilbert bill controversy.

10. ECONOMIC FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROWTH OF
NATIONALISM IN INDIA.
ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION
1. Peasants: the government took away a large part of
their produce.
2. British economic policies were against the interests
of Indian trade and industry.
3. Working class were exploited by the factory
owners.
4. Educated Indians were denied promotions and
employment.
5. Did nothing to promote the welfare of the people
6. Heavy duties on Indian goods
7. India was reduced to an agricultural glory of the
British.

11. ROLE OF RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
1. Raja ram Mohan Roy is considered as the pioneer of modern Indian
renaissance for the remarkable reforms he brought in the 18th and 19th
century India.
2. Among his efforts, the abolition of the brutal and inhuman SATI
PARATHA was the most prominent. His efforts were also instrumental
in eradicating the PURDAH SYSTEM and CHILD MARRIAGE.
3. In 1828, Ram Mohan Roy formed the BRAHMA SAMAJ, uniting the
brahmas in Calcutta, a group of people, who had no faith in idol-
worship and were against the caste restrictions.
4. He advocated the introduction of an English education system in the
country.
5. He establish the Anglo Vedic school in 1822 followed by the
Vedanta college in 1826.
6. He fought for the rights of VERNACULAR PRESS.
7. He also brought out a newspaper in Persian called ‘MIRAT UL
AKHBAR’ (the mirror of news) and a Bengali weekly called ‘SAMBAD
KAUMUDI’ (the moon of intelligence).

12. CONTRIBUTIONS OF JYOTIBA PHULE IN PREPARING THE GROUND FOR THE
NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
1. Up- liftment of lower castes.
2. Advocated education for the Dalits to end their misery.
3. Founded schools for girls and lower casts.
4. Set up an orphanage in 1854 to provide shelter to poor widows
and their children.
5. Founded Satya- Shodhak Samaj (1873) to mitigate the distress
and sufferings of women, Dalits and common people.
6. Conceived of a society based on the principles of justice, equality
and fraternity.
7. Got water tank constructed outside his house for the use of Dalits.
8. Wrote ‘Ghulam Giri’ which focused on the domination of the
upper cast and the plight of peasants.

13. MUSLIM REVIVALISM
ROLE OF SIR SYED AHMED KHAN:
1. Sir Syed stressed on the importance of modern scientific education for Muslims
to advance their conditions. He advocated the learning of English. He was also
against superstition and evil customs prevalent in society then.
2. He set up many educational institutes to propagate education, the most
significant being the MUHAMMADAN ANGLO-ORIENTAL COLLEGE
(MAOC) which he set up in 1875. This later became the ALIGARH MUSLIM
UNIVERSITY.
3. He was led to believe that since the Hindus formed the majority of the Indian
population, Muslims would be dominated and persecuted in case of a British
withdrawal from India.

14. FOUNDATION OF THE
INC–
❑The Indian National Association
(Surendranath Banerjee) and the east
India association (Dadabhai Naoroji)
as precursors.
❑Immediate objectives of the Indian
National Congress - the first two
sessions and their presidents should
be mentioned.

15. THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 28TH DECEMBER 1885.

16. • IN 1885 THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
CONGRESS IN BOMBAY (MUMBAI) PRESIDED
OVER BY WOMESH CHANDRA BANERJEE.
• IN 1886 THE SECOND SESSION IN KOKALTA
PRESIDED OVER BY DADABHAI NAROJI .

18. MAIN AIMS/IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES OF INC:
1. To promote friendly relations between nationalist political
workers from different parts of the country.
2. To develop and consolidate the feelings of national unity
irrespective of caste, religion or province.
3. To formulate popular demands and present them before the
government.
4. To train and organize the public opinion in the country.
5. To enable national workers from all parts of India to
become personally known to each other
6. To decide upon the political task to be undertaken during
the ensuing year.