Early nationalism and the Congress
Political associations before 1885
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Unifying administration, railways and press, western education, economic exploitation, racial arrogance, Lytton's measures
- Landholders' Society 1838, British Indian Association 1851 with Radhakanta Deb as first president, Indian Association 1876 of Surendranath Banerjea and Anand Mohan Bose
- Bombay Association 1852, Madras Native Association 1852 (Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty), Poona Sarvajanik Sabha 1870, Madras Mahajana Sabha 1884 (Viraraghavachari, Anandacharlu, Subramania Iyer), Bombay Presidency Association 1885
- Naoroji's East India Association 1866 in London and the London Indian Society
- Reduction of ICS age to 19 in 1876, Surendranath Banerjea's campaign and the first all-India political agitation
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 10 Beginning of Modern Nationalism in India
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 5 Foundation of the Indian National Congress: The Reality, pp. 71-81
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 1 Rise of Nationalism in India
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Emergence of Nationalism, pp. 1-2 (printed 93-94)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Emergence of Nationalism, p. 2 (printed 94)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Emergence of Nationalism, p. 3 (printed 95)