NATIONALISM IN INDIA by GARV PANDIT https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp MADE BY GARV PANDIT en-us 2021-09-11 19:41:54 UTC 2021-09-11 20:24:17 UTC hello@padlet.com The first world war(1914-1918) sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732913535 In India, the growth of modern nationalism is connected to the anti-colonial movement. Due to colonialism, many different groups shared bonds together, which were forged by the Congress under Mahatma Gandhi.

The war created a new economic and political situation in the years after 1919. Income tax introduced and the prices of custom duties were doubled between 1913 and 1918, which led to a very difficult life for common people. In 1918-19 crops failed in India, resulting in shortage of food accompanied by an influenza epidemic. At this stage, a new leader appeared and suggested a new mode of strugg



]]> 2021-09-11 19:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732913535 The idea of satyagraha(1915) sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732914652 In January 1915, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa and started the movement Satyagraha. Satyagraha emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth. According to Mahatma Gandhi, people can win a battle with non-violence which will unite all Indians. In 1917, he travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system. In the same year, he organised satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.]]> 2021-09-11 19:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732914652 The Rowlatt act(1919) sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732916355 In 1919, Mahatma Gandhi launched a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act. The Act gives the government enormous powers to repress political activities and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years. The British government decided to clamp down on nationalists by witnessing the outrage of the people. On April 10th, police in Amritsar fired on a peaceful procession, which provoked widespread attacks on banks, post offices and railway stations. Martial law was imposed and General Dyer took command.

On 13th April, the Jallianwala Bagh incident took place. A large crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh where a few people came to protest against the government’s new repressive measures, while some came to attend the annual Baisakhi fair. General Dyer blocked all the exit points and opened fire on the crowd killing hundreds. After the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, people became furious and went on strikes, clashes with police and attacks on government buildings. Mahatma Gandhi had to call off the movement as it was turning into a violent war.

]]> 2021-09-11 19:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732916355 Khilatfat Movement(1920-24) sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732917224 The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I. Its purpose was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.]]> 2021-09-11 19:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732917224 Non-cooperation movement(1920) sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732919285 The non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920, by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of inducing the British to grant self-governance and full independence (Purna Swaraj) to India.]]> 2021-09-11 20:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732919285 Movement in town sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732924461 he middle-class started the movement and thousands of students, teachers, headmasters left government-controlled schools and colleges, lawyers gave up their legal practices. In the economic front, the effects of non-cooperation were more dramatic. The production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up when people started boycotting foreign goods. However, this movement slowed down due to a variety of reasons such as Khadi clothes are expensive, less Indian institutions for students and teachers to choose from, so they went back to government schools and lawyers joined back government courts]]> 2021-09-11 20:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732924461 Rebellion in the countryside sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732929606 The Non-Cooperation Movement spread to the countryside where peasants and tribals were developing in different parts of India. The peasant movement started against talukdars and landlords who demanded high rents and a variety of other cesses. It demanded reduction of revenue, abolition of begar and social boycott of oppressive landlords.

Jawaharlal Nehru in June 1920, started going around the villages in Awadh to understand their grievances. In October, he along with few others set up the Oudh Kisan Sabha and within a month 300 branches had been set up. In 1921, the peasant movement spread and the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, bazaars were looted and grain boards were taken over.

In the early 1920s, a militant guerrilla movement started spreading in the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh. The government started closing down forest areas due to which their livelihood was affected. Finally, the hill people revolted, which was led by Alluri Sitaram Raju who claimed that he had a variety of special powers.

]]> 2021-09-11 20:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732929606 The salt march and civil disobedience movement sgarvpandit https://padlet.com/sgarvpandit/qxi86pf0zpa0bbyp/wish/1732931777 On 31 January 1930, Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands. Among the demands, the most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax which is consumed by the rich and the poor. The demands needed to be fulfilled by 11 March or else Congress would start a civil disobedience campaign. The famous salt march was started by Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

The movement spread across the world and salt law was broken in different parts of the country. Foreign cloth was boycotted, peasants refused to pay revenue and in many places, forest law was violated. In April 1930, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a devout disciple of Mahatma Gandhi was arrested. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested a month later which led to attacks to all structures that symbolised British rule. By witnessing the horrific situation, Mahatma Gandhi decided to call off the movement and entered into a pact with Irwin on 5 March 1931. Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference in London. When the conference broke down, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India disappointed and relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement.  It continued for almost a year, but by 1934 it lost its momentum.

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