The Ghadr Party
The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary group organised around a weekly newspaper The Ghadr with its headquarters at San Francisco and branches along the US coast and…
Why Lucknow Pact is considered an important event in the course of the nationalistic struggle for freedom?
A significant development to take place at Lucknow in 1916 was the coming together of the Muslim League and the Congress and the presentation of common demands…
Effects and contribution of Home Rule Movement
Balgangadhar Tilak who served a jail sentence from 1908-1914, returned to the Congress which had now become more open to him after the disappointment of the Council…
Why the Home Rule League Movement started?
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but a more effective way than the response of Indians…
Why the Home Rule agitation proved to be short-lived?
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but a more effective way than the response of Indians…
Swadeshi Movement : a turning point in modern Indian history
The Swadeshi and Boycott Movement began as a reaction to partition of Bengal which became known in 1903, was formally announced in July 1905 and came into…
“With the coming of the Swadeshi and Boycott Movement, it became clear that the Moderates had outlived their utility”
With the coming of the Swadeshi and Boycott Movement, it became clear that the Moderates had outlived their utility and their politics of petitions and speeches had…
Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 : Features and Evaluation
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms (Lord Morley was the then Secretary of State for India and Lord Minto was the…
Differences between Moderates and Extremists
“The Extremists of to-day will be Moderates tomorrow, just as the Moderates of to-day were the Extremists of yesterday.” Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 2 January 1907 Both the…
Why Militant Nationalism (1905–1909) Grew in India?
A radical trend of a militant nationalist approach to political activity started emerging in the 1890s, and it took a concrete shape by 1905. As an adjunct…