The concept of the Indian Federation was a revolutionary point. Because for the first time Britisher Government accepted India as a single unit from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh.
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Complete Independence, previously INC was asking for the dominion status. But after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Complete Independence became the slogan of the Indian National Congress.
The eminent leaders of Congress also defined complete independence. The complete independence included sovereignty of the nation. Protection and promotion of minorities. Compulsory education also became the demand of nationalists.
In the Karachi Session of INC, leaders also demanded the fundamental rights of the people.
But after the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, for the first time accepted Indian National Congress as the representatives of Indians. So, this was the point of happiness for Congress. But then the points of sorrow were bigger than the happiness as always
The then Viceroy of India Lord Irwin requested Gandhi to allow Simon to finish his work in India. So, the government would organised Round Table Conference to decide the fate of Indians. So, Gandhi asked Viceroy to give the promise that Dominion Status would be the issue for the Round Table Conference. But Lord Irwin refused to give promise.
In 1922, Chitranjan Das and Motilal Nehru formed the “All India Khilafat Swaraj Party” within Congress. So, their objective was to contest the coming election to enter the legislature and carry on Freedom Struggle. In 1924, Kamal Pasha abolished Caliphate in Turkey. At this time Swaraj Party came into existence and its associates were Swarajist.
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…
Champaran Satyagraha, Ahmedabad Mill Strike, and Kheda Movement proved experimenting labs for Gandhi. He precisely observed the previous movements of the Indian Freedom Struggle. So, by taking lessons from them he came out with his own method to fight with Britisher. So, after the coming of Gandhi, the phase of the freedom struggle was the Gandhian Era.
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
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 Lord Ripon. We have seen from the revolt of 1857 though the power center was changed from…