Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Modern history

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Revolutionary, left, peasant and labour movements

Revolutionary nationalism in India 1897-1917

Practise 1 PYQ

Concepts to cover

  1. Chapekar brothers kill Rand 1897; Savarkar's Mitra Mela 1899 and Abhinav Bharat 1904
  2. Anushilan Samiti 1902, Jugantar group of Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Alipore bomb case 1908, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki, Aurobindo acquitted
  3. Delhi conspiracy 1912 attempt on Hardinge, Rash Behari Bose and Sachindranath Sanyal, Bose's flight to Japan 1915
  4. Jatindranath Mukherjee, Indo-German arms plan 1915, Balasore encounter
  5. Ajit Singh and Lala Lajpat Rai's 1907 agitation, Pagri Sambhal Jatta, deportation
Where to study

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

  • ch. 13 First Phase of Revolutionary Activities (1907-1917)

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

  • ch. 11 The Split in the Congress and the Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism, pp. 135-145
  • ch. 12 World War I and Indian Nationalism: The Ghadar, pp. 146-158

Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History

  • ch. 2 Rise of Extremism and Swadeshi Movement

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, Freedom is our birthright, p. 6 (printed 98)
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