Swadeshi, Extremists and Home Rule 1905-1918
The Extremists, the Surat split and repression 1905-1909
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Tilak, Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Aurobindo: swaraj as birthright, self-reliance, passive resistance, cultural pride
- Differences over goals, methods, social base and the Moderates' faith in British justice
- Surat December 1907: Extremists' distrust of Moderates' capacity, dispute over the president and resolutions, Congress captured by Moderates till 1916
- Seditious Meetings Act 1907, Newspaper Act 1908, Tilak's six years in Mandalay, Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh deported 1907
Where to study
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
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 12 Era of Militant Nationalism (1905-1909)
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. 4 (printed 96)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Freedom is our birthright, pp. 4-6 (printed 96-98)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Freedom is our birthright, p. 6 (printed 98)
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, 1. A Leader Announces Himself, p. 2 (printed 287)