The Gandhian phase 1915-1939
Gandhi from South Africa to Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Natal Indian Congress 1894, Phoenix settlement, Tolstoy Farm, passive resistance against registration and poll tax, Hind Swaraj 1909
- Champaran: tinkathia indigo system, Rajkumar Shukla, Rajendra Prasad, inquiry committee; peasant unrest joined to the national movement
- Kheda revenue remission satyagraha with Vallabhbhai Patel; Ahmedabad mill strike with Anasuya Sarabhai, first hunger strike, 35 percent award
- Gandhi's campaign that helped end indentured emigration (1917 ban, 1920 abolition); he supported recruitment at Chelmsford's Delhi War Conference 1918
- Satyagraha, ahimsa, trusteeship, constructive programme; Hind Swaraj, autobiography, Songs from Prison (translation of Indian religious lyrics)
Where to study
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 14 Gandhiji's Early Career and Activism, pp. 170-183
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 15 Emergence of Gandhi
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, pp. 1-30 (printed 286-315)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 1. A Leader Announces Himself, p. 2 (printed 287)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation, p. 4 (printed 289)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 2.2 A people's leader; Charkha, pp. 6-10 (printed 291-295)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 4 Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation
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 advent of Mahatma Gandhi, p. 7 (printed 99)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The advent of Mahatma Gandhi, p. 8 (printed 100)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The eternal law of suffering (Source 3), p. 9 (printed 101)