Thursday 3 August 2017

HISTORY - NATIONALISM IN INDIA -CBSE SOCIAL SCIENCE

Nationalism in India
Std X                                                                                                               Ayyappan
1.How the 1st  world war affected the Indian economy?
Ø Huge defense expenditure.
Ø Increase of taxes – introduction of income tax
Ø Prices doubling between 1913 and 1918
Ø Forced recruitment – Government forced the people to join military
2.Satyagraha
Ø Novel method – Power of truth
Ø If the cause was true,  if the struggle was against injustice, without physical force we can get victory.
Ø Without vengeance and aggressive a sathyagrahi could win battle.
Ø Non – violence is the Supreme dharma of satyagraha.
3.Earlier struggles of Gandhiji
Ø 1916 – Champaran in Bihar -  peasants were pressurized to cultivate indigo.
Ø 1917 – Kheda in Gujarat – crops affected due to drought - decrease tax
Ø 1918 – Ahmedabad – Cotton mill workers
4.Rowlatt Act 1919
Ø Rowlatt act gave more powers to government to repress political activities.
Ø Political prisoners can be kept in detention without any trial for two years.
5.Jallianwalla bagh incident – 13/april/1919
Ø People gathered in Jallianwalla bagh ground for the Baishaki fair and to protest the Rowlatt act without knowing about the implementation of martial law.
Ø General Dyer entered the ground, blocked the exit and ordered open shooting – hundreds of them died.
Ø He declared that he did to effect on satyagrahies.
6.Why Khilafat committee was started?
Ø In 1st  world war Turkey was defeated.
Ø Kalifa (Turkey king) was pressurized to accept the harsh peace treaty.
Ø Muslims started movements to protect the powers of Kalifa.
Ø In India khilafat was started by Muhammed ali and Shaukat ali.
Ø Gandhi wanted to integrate the Hindu and muslims, so he supported the Khilafat.
7.Hindu Swaraj – 1909 (book-by Gandhiji)
Ø British raj is not possible without the support of Indians.  If Indians refused to co-operate British rule in India would collapse within a year.
8.Stages of non- Co operation
Ø Surrender of tittles.
Ø Boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and councils.
Ø Boycott of foreign goods - foreign goods were burnt in public places.
Ø Licker shops were picketed


9.How people  understood the sathyagraha or swaraj differentially? (OR)Oudh Kissan sabha (OR)Baba Ramchandra
Ø Awadh peasants were protested against the British under the leadership of Baba Ramachander.
Ø They demanded the decrease of land rent, abolition of Bagar system and regular tenure of lands.
Ø 1920 – Jawaharlal Nehru visited the Awadh and formed theOudh Kissan Saba
Ø Movement spread fast. But it led to violence in many places.
Ø They started to attack the thalukdars houses, looted markts. So congress not supported the violence and the Sabha .
10.Guerrilla movement in Andhra Pradesh
Ø Guerrilla movement spread in Gudam hills of Andhra Pradesh in early 1920.
Ø Forest law affected the people.
Ø Forest law prevented the people from entering the forest to graze their cattle, collect fuel wood, fruits and hunting.
Ø It enraged the people.
Ø Allure Sitaram Raju led the movement.
Ø He was proclaimed that he has some special powers.  He can survive from bullet shoots and can do predictions.
Ø He is supported the Gandhi and asked the people to leave the drinking. But he not believed the non-violence.
Ø He believed that trough the violence British raj can be removed from the power.
Ø Raju was captured and executed in 1924 for the guerrilla attacks on British. Then he became a folk hero.
11.Swaraj in plantations.
Ø Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 plantation worker were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission. The permission was given very rearly.
Ø Workers believed that swaraj means Gandhi raj is coming and everyone would be given land in their own village.
Ø They tried to escape from the plantation but got by police and got punishment.
12.Why Gandhiji withdraw the non – Cooperation movement?
Ø The movement went on violence.
Ø The people burned the police station at Chauri –Chaura, so Gandhiji called off the movement .
13.Simon commission 1928
Ø New Troy government in Britain set up commission under Sir John Simon.
Ø The Simon commission was setup to look into the functioning of the constitutional system.
Ø Congress opposed the Simon commission because there is no Indian member in the commission.
Ø Congress protested with slogan ‘Go back Simon’.
14.Purna Swaraj
Ø 1929 December Lahore congress formalized Purna Swaraj by Nehru.
Ø 1930 January 26 Purna Swaraj was declared salt sathyagaha 31/01/1930
15. Salt Sathyagraha (OR) Civil disobedience movement
Ø There was a tax over the salt and the government had the monopoly over the salt production.
Ø Mahatma Gandhi declared this is a most exploitative policy of the British government.
Ø 11th March 1930 Gandhiji started the famous Dhandi march with 78 trusted volunteers.
Ø The march was over 240 miles from the Sabarmathi Ashram to  coastal town Dandi.
Ø Everyday they walked 10 miles and in 24 days they reached the Dandi on 6th April.
Ø By boiling the salt water Gandhi violated the Salt Act.
16.Gandhiji and Dalith.
Ø Gandhiji called untouchables as ‘Harijan’ or Children of god.
Ø He organized the sathyagraha to secure them entry into temples and access to public wells, tanks,roads and schools.
Ø He himself cleaned the toilets to dignify the work of the bhangi.
17.  Why Dr.B.R.Ambedkar and Gandhi clashed?
Ø Dr.B.R.Ambedkar organized the dalits into Depressed class Association in1930, clashed with Gandhi in second round table conference.
Ø Dr.B.R.Ambedkar demanded the separate electorate for dalits, when British government conceded the demand Gandhi began a fast unto death.
Ø Gandhi believed that separate electorate for the daliths will deepen the rift the Indian society, so he suggested to give reserved constituency for the daliths.
Ø In 1932 Dr.B.R.Ambedkar accepted with Gandhi through Puna pact.
18.Why Civil disobedience movement was called off by Gandhi?
Ø During 1930 Abdul Ghaffar khan was arrested so there was a protest in Peshawar, police open fired.
Ø One month later Gandhi was arrested, industrial workers of Sholapur attacked the police post, municipal buildings, courts and railway stations so government frightened and responded brutally.
Ø 1,00,000 people were arrested, so Gandhi called off the civil disobedience movement.
v October 1929 Lord Irvin offered the Dominion status for India.
v April 1919 - Rowlatt Act
v January 1921 – Non – co operation and Khilafat movement.
v 1922 – Chauri Chaura
v 1929 – Lahore congress – Purna  Swaraj
v 1930 – Salt Sathyagraha – Dandi march
v 1931 – Second round table conference
v 1932 September – Puna pact
v 1870 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote ‘Vande Mataram’, included in Anandamath novel – first created the image of ‘Bharat matha’.
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R.AYYAPPAN
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