2. Social and Political Issues
Casteism
Superstition
Low Status of Women
Child Marriage
Orthodoxy
Sati
Missing Nationalism
Illiteracy
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3. Raja Ram Mohan
Roy
q He started the ‘AtmiyaSabha’ in 1815.
q In 1828, Raja Rammohun Roy founded Brahmo Sabha which was later
renamed ‘Brahma Samaj‘.
Brahmos were basically opposed to idolatry and superstitious practices and
rituals, in fact to the entire Brahmanical system.
The Brahmo tradition of Raja Rammohun Roy was carried forward after
1843 by Devendranath Tagore and after 1866 by Keshub Chandra Sen.
He wrote Gift to Monotheists and translated the Vedas and the five
Upanishads into Bengali to prove his conviction that ancient Hindu texts
support monotheism. In percepts of Jesus(1820), he tried to separate the
moral and philosophical message of the New Testament.
q Major Role in Abolition of Sati. Due to his efforts British Government under
the Viceroyship of Lord William Bentick passed Abolition of Sati act
1829 to ban Sati practice
q Samvad Kaumudi was the most important journal brought out by him.
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4. Debendranath Tagore
Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore founded
the TatvabodhiniSabha in 1839 to propagate Rammohun
Roy’s ideas.
The Tatvabodhini Sabha and its organ the Tatvabodhini
Patrika promoted a systematic study of India’s past in Bengali
language and helped spread rational outlook.
He gave a new life to Brahmo Samaj and a definite form and
shape to the theist movement, when he joined the samaj in
1843.
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5. Young Bengal Movement
This movement was started by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
in Calcutta in the 1820s.
Derozio was an Anglo-Indian college teacher in Calcutta,
and he encouraged radical thinking among his students.
He criticised the prevailing religious practices of orthodox
Hinduism.
He also inspired free-thinking and propagated the spirit of
liberty, equality and freedom.
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6. The Prarthana Samaj
In 1867, the Prarthana Samaj was started by MG
Ranade in Maharashtra with the aim of reforming
Hinduism and preaching the worship of one God.
Mahadev Govind Ranade and R.G. Bhandarkar were the
two great leaders of the Samaj.
The Prarthana Samaj did in Maharashtra what the
Brahmo Samaj did in Bengal.
It attacked the caste system and the priestly domination.
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7. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
1840 started Pramhansa Mandli.
He was against Caste system,orthodoxy.
He believed in the Philosophical System of Hinduism
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8. Swami Vivekananda
Narendra Nath Dutta, better known as Swami Vivekananda,
was the most illustrious disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
At the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago (1893),
Vivekananda spoke about Hindu religion at length.
Founded Ramkrishna Mission and Matth (Hq-Belur).
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9. Dayanand Saraswati
Swami Dayanand Saraswati (1824-1883) who founded the
Arya Samaj in 1875.
This society strove against idolatry, polytheism, rituals,
priesthood, animal sacrifice, child marriage and the caste
system. It also encourages the dissemination of western
scientific knowledge.
Started Shuddhi Movement.
After his death, his followers had established the Dayanand
Anglo Vedic Schools first in Lahore and then in other parts of
India
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10. Theosophical Society
Founded by Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott in New
York.
It promoted the concept of universal brotherhood, as
expounded in the Upanishads and Vedas.
Hq at Adyar in 1879.
Annie Besant came to India as the representative of
Theosophical Society in 1893.
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11. Jyotibha Phule and Savitri bai Phule
Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
on 24 September 1873 in present-day Maharashtra.
It campaigned against idolatry and the caste system.
It advocated rational thinking and rejected the priesthood.
Jyotirao Phule is said to have used the term ‘Dalit’ for the
oppressed castes.
Wrote ‘Gulam Giri’
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12. Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
The most important socio-religious movement among the
Muslims came to be known as the Aligarh Movement.
Syed Ahmad advised Muslims to embrace Western
education and take up government service.
Through his initiative was established the Mohammedan
Oriental College in 1875 which later developed into the
Aligarh Muslim University.
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14. East India
Association
Founded in: 1866
Place: London
Founded by:
Dadabhai Naoroji
Poona Sarvajanik
Sabha
Founded in: 1876
Place: Pune
Founded by:
Mahadev Govind
Ranade,
Indian Association
Founded in: 1876
Place: Kolkata
(formerly named:
Calcutta)
Founded by:
Surendranath
Banerjee and
Ananda Mohan
Bose
Landholders
Society
Founded in: 1836
Place: Kolkata
(formerly named:
Calcutta)
Founded by:
Dwarkanath Tagore
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15. Formation of Indian National Congress
The word ‘Congress’ was taken from the American
Constitution.
Indian National Congress (INC) was formed by A.O Hume in
the year 1885
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16. Reasons behind the creation of
Indian National Congress (INC)
Safety Valve Theory:There is a theory that Hume formed the Congress with the idea
that it would prove to be a ‘safety valve’ for releasing the growing discontent of the
Indians. To this end, he convinced Lord Dufferin not to obstruct the formation of the
Congress.
Organization for expression of Indian Demands:Modern Indian historians dispute
the idea of ‘safety valve’. In their opinion the Indian National Congress represented
the urge of the politically conscious Indians to set up a national body to express the
political and economic demands of the Indians. Historian Bipan Chandra observes
early Congress leaders used Hume as a catalyst to bring together.
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17. Sessions of the Indian National Congress
First Session of INC in 1885: A.O. Hume organized the first session of the
Indian National Congress in December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit
College in Bombay.
The first session drew 72 delegates from all Indian provinces.
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee presided over the first session.
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18. Important Sessions of Indian National
Congress
Second Session: held at Calcutta in 1886. President: Dadabhai Naoroji
Third Session: held at Madras in 1887. President: Syed Badruddin Tyabji,
first muslim President.
Fourth Session: held at Allahabad in 1888. President: George Yule, first
English President.
1896: Calcutta. President: Rahimtullah Sayani.National Song ‘Vande
Mataram’ sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore.
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19. 1905: Benaras. President: Gopal Krishan Gokhale. Formal proclamation of
Swadeshi movement against government
1906: Calcutta. President: Dadabhai Naoroji. Adopted four resolutions on:
Swaraj (Self Government), Boycott Movement, Swadeshi & National Education
1907: Surat. President: Rash Bihari Ghosh. Split in Congress- Moderates &
Extremist
1911: Calcutta. President: B.N. Dhar.First time recital of Jan-Gan-Man in
Congress session
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20. 1916: Lucknow. President: A.C. Majumdar
Unity between two factions-Moderates and Extremists of Congress
Lucknow Pact signed between Congress and Muslim League to build political
consensus
1917: Calcutta. President: Annie Besant, First Woman President of Congress
1924: Belgaum. President: M.K. Gandhi.Only Session presided over by Mahatma
Gandhi
1925: Kanpur. President: Sarojini Naidu, First Indian Woman President
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21. 1929: Lahore. President: Jawahar Lal Nehru.Passed the resolution on ‘Poorna
Swaraj.’
1938: Haripura. President: Subhas Chandra Bose
1939: Tripuri. President: Rajendra Prasad
Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected but had to resign
Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place
Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Bloc
1946: Meerut. President: J.B Kripalani
Last session before independence
J.B Kriplani was the president of INC at independence.
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23. The Moderate Phase (1885-1905)
The main objective of the Moderates was to achieve self-government within the
British Empire.
They followed a middle path and not an extreme path against British Empire.
They believed in patience and reconciliation rather than in violence and
confrontation.
They relied on constitutional and peaceful methods in order to achieve their
aim.
Direct Struggle was not on there List.
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24. The major demands of the Moderates were
Expansion and reform of legislative councils.
Greater opportunities for Indians in higher posts by holding the ICS examination
simultaneously in England and in India.
Separation of the judiciary from the executive.
More powers for the local bodies.
Reduction of land revenue and protection of peasants from unjust landlords.
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25. Contributions of Moderate Nationalists
The moderates led by Dadabhai Naoroji, R.C. Dutt, Dinshaw Wacha and others,
analysed the political economy of British rule in India, and put forward the “drain
theory” to explain British exploitation of India.
Moderates were able to create an all-India public opinion that British rule in India
was the major cause of India’s poverty and economic backwardness.
They criticized Oppressive and tyrannical bureaucracy and an expensive and time-
consuming judicial system.
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26. Acievements of the Moderates
The Indian Council Act 1892 was the result of their demand.
The concept of Swaraj which was highlighted in Banaras and Calcutta Session in
1905 and 1906, continued to be a guiding factor of Congress up to 1929, Lahore
session.
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27. Dadabhai Naoroji
He was dubbed the "Grand Old Man of India.“
He was the first Indian to be elected to the British
House of Commons.
Authored the book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in
India,' which focused on India's economic drain as
a result of British policies.
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28. Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
The first president of the Indian National
Congress (INC).
Lawyer by profession and the first Indian to
serve as Standing Counsel.
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29. Subramania Aiyer
He founded the newspaper 'The Hindu,' in which he
criticized British imperialism.
In addition, he founded the Tamil newspaper
'Swadesamitran.‘
Madras Mahajana Sabha was co-founded by him.
Hicky's Bengal Gazette
Hicky's Bengal Gazette was the first
English-language newspaper published
on the Indian subcontinent. It was
founded in Calcutta, capital of British
India at the time, by Irishman James
Augustus Hicky in 1780.
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30. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
He was known as Mahatma Gandhi's political mentor.
The Servants of India Society was founded by him.
1905,Presided the Benaras Session of INC.
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31. Surendranath Banerjee
Also known as 'Rashtraguru' and 'Indian Burke.‘
The Indian National Association was founded by him
and it later merged with the INC.
Banerjee was cleared for the Indian Civil Service but
was fired due to racial discrimination.
The Bengalee newspaper was founded by him.
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32. Extremists
Mode of Struggle
Passive resistance
The concept of passive resistance was given by Aurobindo Ghosh.
Mass Agitation
Self reliance.
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33. Causes for the rise of Extremists
1. Due to the mendicancy of the moderates.
2. The international influence
a) The defeat of Russia by Japan in 1904-05.
b) In 1896, Ethiopia defeated Italy.
The emergence of radical leaders
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34. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
He started patriotic cum historical cult as the central symbol of nationalism.
In 1894 he started Ganpati Shivaji festival.
In 1896 he started no revenue campaign
In 1896 he boycotted against the Cotton Excise tax and therefore he gave the
concept of swadeshi.
Vincent Chirol said ‘he is the father of Indian unrest’.
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35. Immediate cause → Reactionary rule of
Lord Curzon
Calcutta Corporation Act, (1899) reducing the Indian control of this local body
Universities Act (1904) reduced the elected members in the University bodies &
reduced the autonomy of the universities and made them government departments
Sedition Act and the Official Secrets Act (1904) reduced the freedoms of people &
press.
His worst measure was the Partition of Bengal (1905)
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36. Partition of Bengal
Partition of Bengal in 1905 provided a spark
for the rise of extremism in the Indian
National Movement.
The official reason given for the decision was
that Bengal with a population of 78 million
(about a quarter of the population of British
India) had become too big to be administered.
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37. Curzon’s real motives were –
To break the growing strength of Bengali nationalism since Bengal was the base
of Indian nationalism.
To divide the Hindus and Muslims in Bengal.
To show the enormous power of the British Government in doing whatever it
liked
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38. Declaration of Swaraj & Beginning of
Swadeshi Movement
The Swadeshi Movement had its genesis, in the anti-partition movement which was
started to oppose the British decision to partition Bengal.
The Indian National Congress, meeting in 1905 under the presidency of Gokhale,
resolved to
condemn the partition of Bengal and the reactionary policies of Curzon
support the anti-partition and Swadeshi Movement of Bengal
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39. Surat Split, 1907
Ø The Moderate Congressmen were unhappy as they wanted Swaraj to be achieved
through constitutional methods.
Ø The Moderate-Extremist dispute over techniques led to a split in the Congress at the
Surat session in 1907(led by Rash Bihari Ghosh), popularly known as the famous Surat
Split.
Ø Extremists came out of the Congress led by Tilak and others
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40. Swadeshi Movement (Vandemataram
movement)
It was both a political and economic movement
Involved programmes like the boycott of government service, courts, schools and
colleges and of foreign goods
Promotion of Swadeshi goods
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41. Government Measures
The cry of Bande Mataram was forbidden by government
Extremist leaders Lal, Bal, Pal & Aurobindo Ghosh were imprisoned and deported.
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42. Formation of the Muslim League (1906)
Muslim delegates from all over India met at Dacca for the Muslim Educational
Conference.
Taking advantage of this occasion, Nawab Salimullah of Dacca proposed the setting up
of an organisation to look after the Muslim interests.
The proposal was accepted & All-India Muslim League was finally set up on December
30, 1906.
Like the Indian National Congress, they conducted annual sessions and put their
demands to the British government.
Their 1st achievement was the separate electorates for Muslims in the Minto-Morley
reforms.
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43. Decline of Swadeshi Movement
The movement was rendered leaderless with most of the leaders either arrested or
deported by 1908
Aurobindo-Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal retired from active politics.
Internal squabbles among leaders, magnified by the Surat split (1907), did much
harm to the movement.
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45. Lord Hardinge II
Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911).
Coronation durbar of King George V held in Delhi (1911)
Annulment of Bengal Partition.
Establishment of the Hindu Mahasabha (1915) by Madan Mohan Malaviya.
In 1916, Lord Hardinge laid the foundation of the Banaras Hindu University.
Madan Mohan Malaviya was the Founder-Chancellor of this university
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46. First World War & Nationalist Response
In the First World War (1914-1919), Britain allied with France, Russia, USA, Italy and
Japan against Germany, Austria, Hungary and Turkey. The nationalist response to
British participation in the War was three-fold –
the Moderates supported the empire in the War as a matter of duty;
the extremists, including Tilak (who was released in June 1914), supported the war
efforts in the mistaken belief that Britain would repay India’s loyalty with gratitude in
the form of self-government;
the revolutionaries decided to utilize the opportunity to wage a war and liberate the
country.
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48. Home Rule League Movement 1916
Annie Besant, the Irish theosophist, had decided of a movement for Home Rule on the
lines of the Irish Home Rule Leagues
Tilak was ready to assume leadership after his release in 1914, and reassured
Government of his loyalty and to the Moderates that he wanted, like the Irish Home
Rulers, a reform of the administration and not an overthrow of the Government
By early 1915, Annie Besant had launched a campaign to demand self-government for
India after the war on the lines of white colonies
She campaigned through her newspapers, New India & Commonweal, and through
public meetings and conferences
Two Home Rule Leagues were established, one by B G Tilak at Poona in April 1916
and the other by Mrs. Annie Besant at Madras in September 1916
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49. In 1917, Annie Besant & her associates were arrested which invited nationwide
protest → Subramaniya Aiyar renounced his knighthood.
Government decided to placate the nationalists by declaring its intention to grant
self-government to Indians, as contained in Montagu’s August 1917 declaration.
This August Declaration led to the end of the Home Rule Movement.
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50. The Lucknow Pact (1916)
The divided Congress became united.
An understanding for joint action against the British was reached between the
Congress and Muslim League and it was called the Lucknow Pact
Marked an important step in the Hindu-Muslim unity.
INC accepted separate electorates of Muslims
Muslims – Angry due to annulment of partition + Denial of Aligarh University as
umbrella university + Turkey repercussions in WW1
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51. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 –
Government of India Act of 1919
Diarchy was introduced in the provinces.
Provincial subjects were divided into “Reserved Subjects” such as police, jails, land
revenue, irrigation and forests and “Transferred Subjects” such as education, local
self-government, public health, sanitation, agriculture and industries.
The Reserved subjects were to be administered by the Governor and his Executive
Council.
The Transferred subjects were to be administered by the Governor and his ministers.
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52. Emergence of Gandhi in Africa
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar in the
princely state of Kathiawar in Gujarat.
Having studied law in England, he returned to India in 1891
He failed as a practicing lawyer both at Rajkot and in Bombay
In 1893, he proceeded to Natal, South Africa in relation with a case involving his
client, Dada Abdullah.
In South Africa, he witnessed apartheid (Racial discrimination against Blacks) to
which Asians who had gone to South Africa as labourers were subjected.
He decided to stay in South Africa to organise the Indian workers to enable them
to fight for their rights.
He stayed there till 1914 after which he returned to India in Jan 1915.
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53. o unite different sections of Indians, he set up Natal Indian Congress and started a
paper ‘Indian opinion’.
The second phase, which began in 1906, was characterised by the use of the method
of passive resistance or civil disobedience
Gandhi named it Satyagraha: Satyagraha against Registration Certificates (1906)
Campaign against Restrictions on Indian Migration.
Setting up of Tolstoy Farm: The Tolstoy Farm was meant to house the families of the
Satyagrahis and to give them a way to sustain themselves.
Campaign against Poll Tax
A poll tax of three pounds was imposed on all ex-indentured Indians (Staying in
South Africa after expiry of their contracts).
Invalidation of Indian Marriages
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54. Eventually, through a series of negotiations involving Gandhi, Lord Hardinge, C.F.
Andrews and General Smuts, an agreement was reached by which the Government
of South Africa conceded the major Indian demands relating to the poll tax, the
registration certificates and marriages solemnised according to Indian rites, and
promised to treat the issue of Indian immigration in a sympathetic manner.
In 1915, Lord Hardinge awarded Kesar-e-Hind medal for his services in Zulu and
Boer wars but later he returned these medals for NCM in connection with Khilafat
movement to Viceroy Chelmsford in 1920.
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55. Emergence of Gandhi in India
Champaran Satyagraha (1917):Gandhi was requested by Rajkumar Shukla to look
into the problems of the indigo planters, of Champaran in Bihar. The European
planters had been forcing peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 of the total land (called
tinkathia system).
Kheda Satyagraha (1918):Because of drought in 1918, the crops failed in Kheda
district of Gujarat.According to Revenue Code, if the yield was less than 1/4th of
the normal produce, the farmers were entitled to remission.The authorities refused
to grant remission.Gandhi supported the peasants cause and asked them to
withhold revenue.The authorities, not willing to openly concede the peasants
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56. Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918):Gandhi now intervened in a dispute between mill
owners of Ahmedabad and the workers over the issue of discontinuation of the plague
bonus.Gandhi asked the workers to go on a strike and demand a 35 % increase in
wages.The employers were willing to concede a 20 % bonus only.Gandhi advised the
workers to remain non-violent while on strike.He undertook a fast unto death to
strengthen the worker’s resolve.Mill owners finally agreed to give the workers a 35 %
increase in wages.
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57. Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act – First
Mass Strike
Rowlatt Act, 1919
§ Also known as Black Act
§ Was mainly aimed to look into the militant Nationalist activities.
§ Any person could be arrested on the basis of suspicion.
§ No appeal or petition could be filed against such arrests max for 2 years
Gandhi called for a nationwide protest in Feb 1919.
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58. Jalliawalla Bagh Massacre April 13,
1919
In Punjab, there was an unprecedented support to the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Facing a violent situation, Government handed over the administration to the
military authorities under General Dyer.
General Dyer banned all public meetings and detained the political leaders.
On Baisakhi day, a large, crowd of people mostly from neighbouring villages,
unaware of the prohibitory orders in the city, had gathered in this small park to
protest against the arrest of their leaders, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal
The Army surrounded the gathering under orders from General Dyer
They blocked the only exit point and opened fire on the unarmed crowd
This resulted in nationwide protest against this massacre & Rabindranath Tagore
renounced his knighthood as a protest.
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59. Khilafat Movement, 1919
Chief cause → Defeat of Turkey in the First World War & harsh terms of the Treaty
of Sevres (1920)
Treaty terms was felt by the Muslims as a great insult to them
Whole movement was based on the Muslim belief that the Caliph (the Sultan of
Turkey) was the religious head of the Muslims all over the world.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, M.A. Ansari, Saifuddin Kitchlew, and the Ali brothers
were the prominent leaders of this movement.
Subsequently, the Khilafat Movement merged with the Non-Cooperation Movement
launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.
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60. Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922)
Non-Cooperation Movement was a sequel to the Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh
massacre and the Khilafat Movement
It was approved by the INC at the Nagpur session in December, 1920.
Special Features of NCM
Movement began with Mahatma Gandhi renouncing the titles, given by the British
Surrender of titles and honorary positions along with resignation of membership
from the local bodies
Boycott of elections held under the provisions of the 1919 Act
Legislatures were boycotted, No leader of the Congress came forward to contest the
elections for the Legislatures.
Boycott of government functions, courts, government schools and colleges, & of
foreign goods
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61. 1921, mass demonstrations were held against the Prince of Wales during his tour of
India.
But the whole movement was abruptly called off on 11th February 1922 by Gandhi
following the Chauri Chaura incident in the Gorakpur district of UP (22 policemen
burnt)
In March 1922 Gandhi was arrested and sentenced to six years in jail (NCM) but
released from prison on health grounds in February 1924
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62. Swarajists and No Changers
After Gandhi’s arrest (March 1922), there was disintegration, disorganisation and
demoralisation among nationalist ranks.
Swarajists
One section led by C R Das, Motilal Nehru and Ajmal Khan wanted an end to the
boycott of legislative councils so that the nationalists could enter them to expose the
basic weaknesses of these assemblies and use these councils as an arena of political
struggle.
No Changers
The ‘No-changers’ opposed council entry
They advocated concentration on constructive work, and continuation of boycott and
noncooperation.
This school of thought led by Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, C.
Rajagopalachari & M.A. Ansari came to be known as the ‘No-changers’.
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63. Major Achievements of Swarajists
In the November 1923 elections, the Swarajists had managed to win 42 out of 141
elected seats and a clear majority in the provincial assembly of Central Provinces.
A noteworthy achievement was the defeat of the Public Safety Bill in 1928 which was
aimed at empowering the Government to deport undesirable and subversive
foreigners
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64. Constructive Work by No-Changers
Ashrams sprang up where young, men and women worked, among tribals and
lower castes (especially in Kheda and Bardoli areas of Gujarat), and popularised
charkha and khadi.
National schools and colleges were set up where students were trained in a non-
colonial ideological framework.
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65. Two separate strands of revolutionary terrorist groups emerged during this period
one operated in Punjab-UP-Bihar
the other in Bengal
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66. Revolutionary Terrorism in Punjab-UP-Bihar
The revolutionary terrorist activity in this region was dominated by the Hindustan
Republican Association/Army or HRA
The HRA was founded in October 1924 in Kanpur by Ramprasad Bismil, Jogesh
Chandra Chatterjee and Sachin Sanyal
It was aimed to organise an armed revolution to overthrow the colonial government.
Later renamed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association or HSRA
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67. Kakori Train Robbery (August 1925)
The most important “action” of the HRA was the
Kakori train robbery.
The men held up the 8-Down train at Kakori, an
obscure village near Lucknow, and looted its official
railway cash.
Government crackdown after the Kakori robbery led
to arrests of many.
Kakori Train Robbery
Of whom 17 were jailed, four transported for life and
four— Bismil, Ashfaqullah, Roshan Singh and
Rajendra Lahiri—were hanged.
Hence, Kakori proved to be a setback.
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68. Saunders’ Murder (Lahore, December
1928)
Just when the HSRA revolutionaries had begun to move away from individual
heroic action and terrorism, the, death of Sher-i-Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai due to lathi
blows received during a lathi- charge on an anti-Simon Commission procession
(October 1928) led them once again to take to individual assassination.
Bhagat Singh, Azad and Rajguru shot dead Saunders, the police official responsible
for the lathicharge in Lahore.
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69. Bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly
(April 1929)
The HSRA leadership now decided to let the people know
about its changed objectives and the need for a
revolution by the masses.
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt were asked to
throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on
April 8, 1929 against the passage of the Public Safety Bill
and Trade Disputes Bill aimed at curtailing civil liberties
of citizens in general and workers in particular.
The bombs had been deliberately made harmless and
were aimed at making ‘the deaf hear’.
The objective was to get arrested and to use the trial
court as a forum for propaganda so that people would
become familiar with their movement and ideology.
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70. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were tried in the Lahore conspiracy case.
In jail, these revolutionaries protested against the horrible conditions through a fast,
and demanded honourable and decent treatment as political prisoners.
Jatin Das became the first martyr on the 64th day of his fast.
Azad was involved in a bid to blow up Viceroy Irwin’s train near Delhi in December
1929.
Azad was killed in a police encounter in a park in Allahabad in February 1931.
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged on March 23, 1931.
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71. Revolutionary Terrorism in Bengal
After Das’s death (1925), the Bengal Congress broke up into two factions
One led by M. Sengupta (Anushilan group joined forces with him)
the other led by Subhash Bose (Yugantar group backed him)
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72. Chittagong Armoury Raid (April 1930)
Surya Sen decided to organise an armed rebellion along with his associates to show
that it was possible to challenge the armed might of the mighty British Empire.
They had planned to occupy two main armouries in Chittagong to seize and supply
arms to the revolutionaries
They also aimed to destroy telephone and telegraph lines and to dislocate the
railway link of Chittagong with the rest of Bengal.
The raid was conducted in April 1930 and involved 65 activists under the banner of
Indian Republican Army— Chittagong Branch.
The raid was quite successful; Sen hoisted the national flag, took salute and
proclaimed a provisional revolutionary government.
Surya Sen was arrested in February 1933 and hanged in January 1934,
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73. Anti Simon Commission Upsurge
There was a chorus of protest by all Indians against the appointment of an all-white,
seven-member Indian Statutory Commission, popularly known as the Simon
Commission (after the name of its chairman Sir John Simon), on November 8, 1927.
The commission was to recommend to the Government whether India was ready for
further constitutional reforms and on what lines
What angered the Indians most was the exclusion of Indians from the commission
The Congress session in Madras (December 1927) meeting under the presidency of M
A Ansari decided to boycott the commission “at every stage and in every form”.
The commission landed in Bombay on February 3, 1928.
On that day, a countrywide hartal was organised and mass rallies held.
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74. Wherever the commission went, there were black flag
demonstrations, hartals and slogans of ‘Simon Go
Back’.
The police came down heavily on demonstrators;
there were lathicharges not sparing even the senior
leaders. Lala Lajpat Rai received severe blows on his
chest in October 1928 which proved fatal and he died
on November 17, 1928.
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75. Report of the Simon Commission was published in May 1930
It stated that the constitutional experiment with Diarchy was unsuccessful
In its place the report recommended the establishment of autonomous government
This report also became the basis for enacting the Government of India Act of 1935
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76. Nehru Report
As an answer to Lord Birkenhead’s challenge, an All Parties Conference met in
February 1928 and appointed a subcommittee under the chairmanship of Motilal
Nehru to draft a constitution.
This was the first major attempt by Indians to draft a constitutional framework for
the country.
The report was finalised by August 1928.
The recommendations of the Nehru Committee were unanimous except in one
respect—while the majority favoured the “dominion status” as the basis of the
Constitution, a section of it wanted “complete independence” as the basis, with the
majority section giving the latter section, liberty of action.
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77. Lahore Congress Session and Purna Swaraj
Jawaharlal Nehru, who had done more than anyone else to popularise the concept of
Purna swaraj, was nominated the president for the Lahore session of the Congress
(December 1929). The following major decisions were taken at the Lahore session-
Complete independence declared as the aim of the Congress;
January 26, 1930 fixed as the first Independence Day, to be celebrated everywhere.
December 31, 1929, at midnight on the banks of River Ravi, the newly adopted tricolour
flag of freedom was hoisted amidst slogans of Inquilab Zindabad.
On January 26, 1930, the declaration of purna swaraj was publicly issued
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78. Civil Disobedience movement
With no positive response forthcoming from the Government on these demands, the
Congress Working Committee invested Gandhi with full powers to launch the Civil
Disobedience Movement (CDM).
Dandi March (March 12 – April 6, 1930)
Gandhi, along with a band of 78 members of Sabarmati Ashram, was to march from his
headquarters in Ahmedabad through the villages of Gujarat for 240 miles.
The historic march, marking, the launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement, began on
March 12, and Gandhi broke the salt law by picking up a handful of salt at Dandi on
April 6.
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79. First Round Table Conference
(November 1930 – January 1931)
This was the first ever conference arranged between the British and the Indians as
equals.
While the Congress and most business leaders boycotted the First RTC, the Muslim
League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the Liberals and princes attended it.
Virtually every delegate reiterated that a constitutional discussion to which the
Congress was not a party was meaningless.
Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for (SC/ST)
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80. Gandhi – Irwin Pact
On January 25, 1931 Gandhi and all other members of the CWC were released
unconditionally. The congress working committee authorised Gandhi to initiate
discussions with the viceroy which leaded to the famous Gandhi-Irwin Pact or Delhi
Pact. Irwin on behalf of the Government agreed on –
Immediate release of all political prisoners not convicted of violence;
Remission of all fines not yet collected;
Return of all lands not yet sold to third parties
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81. The viceroy, however, turned down two of Gandhi’s demands—
Public inquiry into police excesses, and Commutation of Bhagat Singh and his
comrades death sentence to life sentence
Gandhi on behalf of the Congress agreed—
to suspend the civil disobedience movement, and to participate in the next RTC
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82. Second Round Table Conference
The Second Round Table Conference, which the Congress had agreed to attend under
the Delhi Pact, was held in London in December 1931
Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Conference but returned to India disappointed
No agreement could be reached on the demand of complete independence and on the
communal question
Result
1932, the Civil-Disobedience Movement was resumed
Government arrested Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
Re-imposed the ban on the Congress party
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83. Third Round Table Conference, 1932
Congress did not take part in it
1933, British Gov. issued a White Paper, which became the basis for the
enactment of the Government of India Act, 1935
Finally in-April 1934, Gandhi decided to withdraw the civil disobedience
movement.
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84. Communal Awards
The Communal Award was announced by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay
MacDonald, in August 1932.
This was yet another expression of British policy of divide and rule.
The Muslims, Sikhs and Christians had already been recognised as minorities.
The Communal Award declared the depressed classes also to be minorities, and
entitled them to separate electorates’.
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85. Gandhi’s Reaction to Communal Awards
The effort to separate the depressed classes from the rest of the Hindus by treating
them as separate political entities was vehemently opposed by all the nationalists.
Gandhi saw the Communal Award as an attack on Indian unity and nationalism.
Once the depressed classes were treated as a separate political entity, he argued, the
question to abolishing untouchability would get undermined
He said that separate electorates would ensure that the untouchables remained
untouchables in perpetuity
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86. Poona Pact
Finally, an agreement was reached between Dr Ambedkar and Gandhi, Known as the
Poona Pact
Accordingly, seats reserved for the depressed classes were increased from 71 to 147
in provincial legislatures and 18 % of the total in the central legislature.
In every province out of the educational grant an adequate sum shall be ear-marked
for providing educational facilities to the members of Depressed Classes.
The Poona Pact was accepted by the Government as an amendment to the
Communal Award.
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87. The Government of India Act, 1935
Government of India Act of 1935 was passed on the basis of –
the report of the Simon Commission
the outcome of the Round Table Conferences
the White Paper issued by the British Government in 1933
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88. The Second World War and Nationalists
Response
In 1937 elections were held under the provisions of the Government of India Act of
1935
Congress Ministries were formed in seven states of India.
On 1 September 1939, 2nd World War broke out
The British Government without consulting the people of India involved the country in
the war.
The Congress vehemently opposed it.
As a mark of protest the Congress Ministries resigned in all the seven Provinces on 12
December 1939
The Muslim League celebrated this day as the Deliverance Day
In March 1940 the Muslim League demanded the creation of Pakistan.
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89. August offer
During the course of the 2nd World War, in order to secure the cooperation of the
Indians, the British Government made an announcement on 8 August 1940, which
came to be known as the ‘August Offer’, which proposed –
Dominion status as the objective for India.
Expansion of viceroy’s executive council & setting up of a constituent assembly after
the war consisting of Indians to
decide their constitution according to their social, economic and political conceptions
subject to fulfilment of the obligation of the Government regarding defence, minority
rights, treaties with states & all India services
No future constitution to be adopted without the consent of minorities.
The Congress rejected the August Offer
Nehru said, “Dominion status concept is dead as a door nail”
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90. Individual Satyagrahas
Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the 1st to offer Satyagraha and he was sentenced to
three months imprisonment.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the 2nd Satyagrahi and imprisoned for four months.
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91. Cripps Mission
In March 1942, a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with
constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war.
Main Proposals
An Indian Union with a dominion status would be set up;
It would be free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth and free to participate
in the United Nations and other international bodies.
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92. Quit India Movement (1942 – 44)
Gandhi called Cripps proposals as a “Post-dated Cheque” & in Bombay session of
Indian National Congress framed a resolution with following key provisions –
An immediate end to British rule in India.
Commitment of free India to defend itself against all types of Fascism & imperialism.
A provisional Government of India after British withdrawal.
A civil disobedience movement against British rule.
Gandhi ji started Quit India Movement
Do or Die We shall either free India or, die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the
perpetuation of our slavery
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93. Indian National Army
The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh, an
Indian officer of the British Indian Army, when he decided not to join the retreating British
Army and instead turned to the Japanese for help.
The Japanese handed over the Indian prisoners of war (POWs) to Mohan Singh who tried to
recruit them into an Indian National Army.
In1942, After the fall of Singapore, Mohan Singh further got 45,000 POWs into his sphere of
influence.
2 July 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose reached Singapore and gave the rousing war cry of ‘Dilli
Chalo’
Was made the President of Indian Independence League and soon became the supreme
commander of the Indian National Army
Here he gave the slogan of Jai Hind
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94. INA’s three Brigades were the Subhas Brigade, Gandhi Brigade and Nehru Brigade.
The women’s wing of the army was named after Rani Laxmibai.
INA marched towards Imphal after registering its victory over Kohima but after
Japan’s surrender in 1945, INA failed in its efforts.
Under such circumstances, Subhash went to Taiwan & further on his way to Tokyo
he died on 18 August 1945 in a plane crash.
Trial of the soldiers of INA was held at Red Fort in Delhi.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhulabhai Desai, Kailash Nath Katju, Asaf Ali and Tej
Bahadur Sapru fought the case on behalf of the soldiers.
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95. Subhash Chandra Bose
Popularly known as Netaji, was born on Jan 23, 1897 at Cuttack.
He passed the Indian Civil Services Examination in 1920, but left it on the Gandhiji’s call of Non –
Cooperation Movement.
He founded the Independence for India League with Jawahar Lai Nehru.
In 1938, he was elected the President of the INC at its Haripura session and in 1939, he was elected
President of its Tripuri session.
But he had to resign from Tripuri due to differences with Gandhiji.
He founded the Forward Block in 1939.
In 1941, he escaped to Berlin and met Hitler.
In 1943, he took charge of Indian National Army in Singapore and set up the Indian Provisional
Government there.
He gave the war cry of ‘Dilli Chalo’.
He addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation
He gave the slogan of ‘Jai Hind’
He wrote his autobiography ‘The Indian Struggle’
He supposedly died in a plane crash on Aug 18, 1945
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96. Rajgopalachari Formula
Muslim League to endorse Congress demand for independence.
League to cooperate with Congress in forming a provisional government at centre.
Rajagopalachari, the veteran Congress leader, prepared a formula for Congress-
League cooperation, accepted to Gandhi.
It was a tacit acceptance of the League’s demand for Pakistan.
Hindu leaders led by Vir Savarkar condemned the CR Plan.
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97. Jinnah’s Objections
Jinnah wanted the Congress to accept the two-nation theory.
He wanted only the Muslims of North-West and North-East to vote in the plebiscite
and not the entire population.
He also opposed the idea of a common centre.
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98. Wavell Plan
A conference was convened by the viceroy, Lord Wavell; at Shimla in June 1945
Aimed to reconstruct the governor general’s executive council pending the
preparation of a new constitution.
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99. Cabinet Mission (1946)
On 15 March, 1946 Lord Atlee (PM of England) made a historic announcement in which the
right to self-determination and the framing of a Constitution for India were conceded.
Consequently, 3 members of the British Cabinet – Pattrick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps
and A V Alexander – were sent to India, known as the Cabinet Mission.
Main features of Cabinet Mission were –
Provisions for three groups of provinces to possess their separate constitutions.
Proposed the formation of a Union of India, comprising both the British India and the
Princely States.
Union would remain in charge of only foreign affairs, defense and communications leaving
the residuary powers to be vested in the provinces.
Proposed setting up an Interim Government, which would remain in office till a new
government was elected on the basis of the new Constitution framed by the Constituent
Assembly
Rejection of the demand for a full-fledged Pakistan
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100. Both the Muslim League and the Congress accepted the plan
Consequently, elections were held in July 1946 for the formation of a Constituent
Assembly.
Congress secured 205 out of 214 General seats.
The Muslim League got 73 out of 78 Muslim seats.
An Interim Government was formed under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru on 2
September 1946.
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101. Mountbatten Plan (1947)
On 20 February l947, Prime Minister Atlee announced in the House of Commons the
definite intention
To affect the transference of that power Atlee decided to send Lord Mountbatten as
Viceroy to India.
Lord Mountbatten armed with vast powers became India’s Viceroy on 24 March 1947.
Partition of India and the creation of Pakistan appeared inevitable to him.
After extensive consultation Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan of partition of India on
3 June 1947.
The Congress and the Muslim League ultimately approved the Mountbatten Plan.
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102. Indian Independence Act 1947
British Government accorded formal approval to the Mountbatten Plan by enacting the
Indian Independence Act on 18 July 1947. The salient features of this Act were –
Partition of the country into India and Pakistan would come into effect from 15 August
1947.
British Government would transfer all powers to these two Dominions.
A Boundary Commission would demarcate the boundaries of the provinces of the Punjab
and Bengal.
Act provided for the transfer of power to the Constituent Assemblies of the two Dominions,
which will have full authority to frame their respective Constitutions.
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103. Radcliff Boundary Commission drew the boundary line separating India and Pakistan.
On 15th August 1947 India, and on the 14th August Pakistan came into existence as
two independent states.
Lord Mountbatten was made the first Governor General of Independent India, whereas
Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the first Governor General of Pakistan.
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