All these mass movements got leadership from the middle class, finance from the Capitalist class and people from the suppressed class. So, on all the fronts except the military, the Indian Masses were performing very enthusiastically to get independence.
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Gandhiates or No-Changers. Because their objective was to move people and promote creative programs among the masses, they gave emphasis to education and prepared the ground for the next phase of the freedom struggle in India
In the previous post, we have read about the Montagu-Chelmsford Reform of 1919. This act increased dissatisfaction among the masses. Gandhi wrote to the Lord…
In 1918, the Saurashtra region faced plague. So, with the end of the plague, Mill owner of Ahmedabad Mill decided to end the Plague bonus. But workers of the Mill protested on the ground that natural plague ie disease is over. But after World War-I, the worldly plague ie inflation came into existence
Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Ambika Charan Majumdar. In this session both the Moderates and Extremists reunited. Both became complementary to each other. Moderates became the controller of the organization. Whereas Extremists became the mass mobilizer. So, both the moderates and extremists led the freedom struggle
people about the changing dynamics in the country. Therefore Annie Besant published “New India” and “Common Will” newspapers. Tilak published 7newspapers in which two famous were Maratha (in English) and Kesari (in Marathi).
With the coming of the immigration act of 1908, G.D. Kumar and Taraknath Das established the United India house. So, this organization sends two delegations one to British Crown and second to the Viceroy of India pleading that as Indians are also the citizen of British Empire and Canada is Dominion of Britain.
The youth of India was disappointed as the leaders escaped from India. So, instead of being helpless, they started secret organizations like Anusheelan Samiti, Yugantar, etc. The prominent leaders were Ras Bihari Bose, Madan Lal Dhingra, Chapekar Brothers, etc.
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal to weaken the idea of Nationalism. But the Partition of Bengal gave birth to the first mass movement of India ie…
In the previous post, we have read about the Partition of Bengal. After the Partition of Bengal, the nationalist leaders of India got frustrated and…