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The Gandhian phase 1915-1939

Rowlatt Act, Rowlatt Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh 1919

Practise 2 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act 1919 on the Sedition (Rowlatt) Committee's report: detention without trial, summary trials, in-camera proceedings
  2. Satyagraha Sabha, all-India hartal 6 April 1919, use of Home Rule League networks, first all-India mass action, Gandhi's Himalayan miscalculation
  3. Arrest of Kitchlew and Satyapal, 13 April 1919 Amritsar, General Dyer, martial law, Hunter Committee and the Congress inquiry, Tagore renounces knighthood
Where to study

A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)

  • ch. 15 Emergence of Gandhi

India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others

  • ch. 14 Gandhiji's Early Career and Activism, pp. 170-183

Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History

  • ch. 4 Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation

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, 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation, p. 4 (printed 289)
  • Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation, pp. 4-5 (printed 289-290)
  • Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation, p. 5 (printed 290)

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 Rowlatt Satyagraha, p. 8 (printed 100)
  • ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Rowlatt Satyagraha, pp. 8-9 (printed 100-101)
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