1st phase Flashcards
Who were the early nationalist leaders from Bengal?
W.C Bonnerjee, Rashbehari Ghosh, Surendranath Banerjee and R.C Dutta
Who were the early nationalist leaders from Maharastra and Gujarat?
Dadabai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Pherozeshah Mehta and Justice Ranade.
Early Nationalists from Tamil Nadu and A.P
P.R Naidu, Subramania Iyer and Anand Charlu
Early nationalists from UP
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
Who were the two English men who were part of the early nationalists?
Hume and Wedderburn
the early nationalists followed the ________________ method
Constitutional agitation
What did they believe in?
Policy of constitutional agitation within the legal framework and slow orderly political progress
What was the first objective? (1)
Educate people in India in modern politics, to arouse national political consciousness and to create a united public opinion
What were the methods of the first objective?
- They held meetings where speeches were made and resolutions for popular demands were passed
- they made use of press to criticize the govt policies
- sent memorandum and petitions that were carefully drafted with facts and arguments to the government officials and Brit parliament
What was their Second Objective? (1)
TO influence Brit parliament and Brit public
What were the methods of the Second Objective?
- They followed the three Ps: Petition, Prayer, Protest. They sent requests, petitions and letters of or protest to the british government to bring attention to the problems of the people of india
- Deputations of Indian Leaders were sent to Britain. Ex: Dadabai Naoroji spent majority of his life in England to create awareness among british politicians and people about the plight of the indians
- they created the British Committee of the INC in london in 1889 which published a weekly journal called ‘India’ to present India’s case b4 the brits.
Dadabai Naoroji
- Born on sep 4th, 1825 to a parsi fam in mumbai.
- known as Grand Old Man of India
- Worked as a math professor in the Elphinstone College at mumbai for 10 years
- left for britain in 1855 as a partner in a firm
- came back to mumbai in 1869 and was elected into the Mumbai Municipal Corp and later to the town council.
- He founded the Bombay Association
- He started mvts against the Vernacular Press Act and atrocious treatment of peasants by zamindars
Dadabai Naoroji was the editor of _________ meaning ___________ and started a magazine ____________.
Rast Goftar
Speaker of Truth
Dharma Marg Darshan
Name the sections of the indian national movement
- Early nationalists (1885-1907)
- Assertive Nationalists (1907-1916)
- The Gandhian Era (1915-1947)
Why was he called India’s Unofficial Ambassador? (3m)
— In 1865, he founded the London India Society along with W.C Bonnerjee to publicise the grievances of Indians
— He was the first Indian to become a member of the British House of Commons. He brought up important matters related to India and was in favour of appointing educated Indians in high posts. Because of his efforts, in 1893 the British Parliament passed a resolution in favour of holding the ICS exam in india and britain simultaneously
— He founded the East India Association in 1866 which became popular and its branches were set up in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai
