Screening Paper I · 1 History & Culture · APPSC Group 1
1.5.2 Rise of nationalism and the early Congress notes
6 notes, in reading order.
- 1.5.2.1Causes of the rise of Indian nationalism
Indian nationalism grew because British rule itself created the conditions for it: a unified country, modern communications, English education, a press, and an economic and racial injury that every Indian felt in the same way.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course - 1.5.2.2Pre-Congress associations: Landholders' Society to the Indian Association
From 1838 onwards, associations in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Poona and London taught Indians how to petition, organise and think politically, and in 1883-85 the Indian Association's National Conference paved the way for the Congress.
Advanced · 6 min · Full course - 1.5.2.3Founding of the Indian National Congress 1885 and the safety-valve debate
The Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885 at Bombay under W.C. Bonnerjee with A.O. Hume as general secretary, and historians still argue whether it was Hume's safety valve or the Indians' own creation.
Advanced · 6 min · Full course - 1.5.2.4Moderates: leaders, methods and achievements
From 1885 to about 1905 the Congress was led by Moderates who believed in petitions, speeches and constitutional pressure, and who won modest reforms while building the economic and political critique of British rule.
Advanced · 6 min · Full course - 1.5.2.5Congress sessions 1885–1947: venues and presidents
A tabulated memory aid for the Congress sessions from 1885 to 1947: where each was held, who presided, and what happened there that examiners ask.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course - 1.5.2.6Rise of the Extremists: Lal, Bal, Pal and Aurobindo
Disillusioned with the Moderates' petitions and provoked by Curzon, a new group led by Tilak, Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo demanded swaraj and urged self-reliance, boycott and passive resistance.
Advanced · 6 min · Full course
Practise Rise of nationalism and the early Congress. Questions with answers explained, from the same topics.
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