Swadeshi, Extremists and Home Rule 1905-1918
Home Rule Leagues, Lucknow Pact and the war years
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Tilak's league April 1916 (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces, Berar) and Besant's All India Home Rule League September 1916; Besant interned 1917
- Congress-League pact at Lucknow 1916: joint scheme, separate electorates accepted by Congress, weightage; Moderates and Extremists reunite; Jinnah's role
- Gandhi president of the All India Home Rule League 1920, renamed Swarajya Sabha
- August 1917 declaration: responsible government as the goal, gradual stages, prelude to Montford reforms
- Moderate support for the war effort, Ghadar and revolutionary conspiracies, price rise and post-war expectations
Where to study
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 13 The Home Rule Movement and Its Fallout, pp. 159-169
- ch. 12 World War I and Indian Nationalism: The Ghadar, pp. 146-158
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 14 First World War and Nationalist Response
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 3 Impact of World War I on Indian Freedom 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, pp. 1-20 (printed 93-112)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Freedom is our birthright, p. 6 (printed 98)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Fig. 20 caption, Jinnah, p. 16 (printed 108)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Growth of Mass Nationalism, pp. 6-7 (printed 98-99)