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Nationalism in India
What did Gandhi do remove untouchability?
Gandhi declared that swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability was not eliminated.
(i) He called the untouchables, Harijans or the children of God.
(ii) He organised satyagraha to secure them entry into temples and access to public wells, tanks and schools.
(iii)He himself cleaned toilets to dignify the work of the sweepers and persuaded upper castes to change their heart and give up the sin of untouchability.
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How the First World War helped in the growth of the National Movement in India?
Why Indians were outraged by the Rowlatt Act?
Why Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?
What is meant by the idea of satyagraha?
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The Simon Commission
Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.
List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they joined the movement.
Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.
Imagine you are a women participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.
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