National Movement: Early Stage

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Question
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Mention two achievements of the moderates.

Solution

i. Foundation of Secular and Democratic National Movement.
ii. Political Education of the Indians.

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Question
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Mention two acts against which Surendra Nath Banerjee protested.

Solution

Arms Act and Vernacular Press Act.

Question
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a. Name the person represented in the picture given below. Write about his contribution to the National Movement.

                                             
b. State the demand made by the Moderates.

c. Give any four achievements of the Moderates.

Solution

a. The Person is Lokmanya Tilak.
i. He started the Home Rule Movement in 1916.
ii. He transformed the freedom struggle, into the agitation of the millions and the common masses.
b. i. Their major demand was Indianization of services through simultaneous ICS examination in England and India. 
ii. Abolition of salt tax.
iii. Reduction in land revenue and expenditure on military.
c. 

i. They created national awakening among people which made Indians conscious of the bonds of common political, economic and cultural interests that united them.
ii. They trained people in politics by popularising the ideas of democracy , civil liberties, secularism and nationalism.
iii. They did pioneering work by exposing the true nature of the British rule in India. They made the people realise the economic content and character of British Imperialism and weakened the foundations of the British rule in India.
iv. Their political and economic programmes established the truth that India must be ruled in the interest of the Indians.

Question
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Why was the Congress session held at Lahore significant to the National Movement?

Solution

It was at the 1929 Session that the Indian National Congress passed the famous Poorna Swaraj Resolution. The Congress President unfurled the Indian flag for the first time at this session, and Indians were asked to observe 26 January as Independence Day.