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3.4.2 Swadeshi to Home Rule 1905–1919 notes
9 notes, in reading order.
- 3.4.2.1Partition of Bengal 1905
Lord Curzon split the huge Bengal Presidency in 1905 on the plea of administrative convenience, but the aim was to weaken Bengali nationalism, and the protest created the Swadeshi movement.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 3.4.2.2Swadeshi and Boycott movement
The Swadeshi movement turned opposition to the Partition of Bengal into a nationwide drive for Indian goods, national education and self-reliance, and ended in repression and revolutionary turn after 1908.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 3.4.2.3Surat split 1907
At Surat in December 1907 the Congress broke into Moderate and Extremist camps over the Calcutta resolutions and the choice of president, and the Moderates then took control until the reunion at Lucknow in 1916.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 3.4.2.4Muslim League 1906 and separate electorates
The Simla Deputation of 1906 asked Lord Minto for separate Muslim electorates, the All India Muslim League was formed at Dacca in December 1906, and the Indian Councils Act of 1909 gave the Muslims separate electorates.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 3.4.2.5Revolutionary nationalism, first phase: Bengal, Maharashtra and abroad
Between 1897 and 1915 small groups of young men in Maharashtra, Bengal, Punjab, Madras and London turned to secret societies, assassinations and bombs to attack the British.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 3.4.2.6Ghadar movement and revolutionaries in the First World War
Indian emigrants in North America and revolutionaries in Europe and Afghanistan used the First World War to plan armed revolt against British rule, but betrayal and arrests broke the effort in 1915.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 3.4.2.7Home Rule leagues: Tilak and Annie Besant
In 1916 Tilak (April, Poona region) and Annie Besant (September, Madras) started two Home Rule Leagues that brought the demand for self-government to the people during the First World War.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 3.4.2.8Lucknow Pact 1916: Congress reunion and Congress–League unity
At Lucknow in December 1916 the Congress took back the Extremists and signed a joint scheme of reforms with the Muslim League, accepting separate electorates, and for a while Hindu-Muslim unity looked secure.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 3.4.2.9August Declaration 1917 and the reception of the Montford reforms
The August Declaration of 1917 promised "responsible government" by stages, the Montagu-Chelmsford report turned that into the Act of 1919 with dyarchy in the provinces, and the Congress split over whether to accept it.
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