72 A 2 Indian National Congress Moderates Extremists 18 Mar

Qts 1 Explain  Indian National Congress was establishment

1. Indian national congress was established by A O Hume ( retired English civil servant)

2.Its first session was held at Gokul Das Tej Pal College at  Bombay 
in December 1885 

3. It was  presided by  W C Banerjee

4  72 delegates attended 



Qts 2 Explain Important Moderates

1.Dadabhai Naoroji, 

2.MG Ranade, Surendranath Banerji, 

3.Pherozeshah Mehta,

4.Badruddin Tyabji,

5 Gopala Krishna Gokhale,

6.Dinsha Wacha, 

7.Anandamohan Bose

8.Rashbehari Ghosh,


Qts 3 Explain main Demands of Moderates

1. Expansion and reform of the legislative councils

2. Nominating Indians in legislature
 
3. Holding ICS examinations simultaneously in England and India.

3. Imposition of import duties on cotton goods.

4. Reduction of military expenditure.

5.Spread of technical and general education.

6.Separation of the judiciary from the executive.

7.Grant of self-government to India within the British Empire 

Qts 4 Explain methods of Moderates

1. It called as  'Constitutional agitation'. 
 
2  It  consist 3 P's

3. 3Ps consist of Petitions, Prayer, Protest 

4  Petitions means writing letters to the British Officer in India  for solving their problems 

5  Prayer means requesting  British Officer in India  for solving their problems 

6  Protest means peaceful protest for solving their problems



Qts 5 Explain  achievements of Moderates

1. Popularization of the ideas of democracy

2. Creation of a wide national awakening among the people 

3. Giving  training for Indians for political work.


Qts 6  Explain  Objective of Extremists

1  Attainment of swaraj 

2 Swaraj means complete Independence to India 

3. Independence now 


Qts 7 Explain methods of the Extremists


1. Boycotting British  government service, courts, schools and colleges.

2. Promotion of swadeshi 

3  Boycotting  British  goods.

4. Promotion of national education.
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Qts 8 Write about Bal Gangadhar Tilak 

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak  was known as 'Lokmanya' to the Indians 

2  Bal Gangadhar Tilak  was 'Father of Indian Unrest' to the British.

3.  Bal Gangadhar Tilak organised rural and urban mass through organizing Ganapati festival

4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak  organised Shivaji festival 

5. Bal Gangadhar Tilak  organised no-revenue campaign ie not paying tax to government

6. Bal Gangadhar Tilak  was a prominent member of the Deccan Education Society 

7. Bal Gangadhar Tilak   helped to establish  the New English School, which later became the Fergusson College. 

8.  Bal Gangadhar Tilak   was the editor for two newspapers, that is, the Maharatta in English and the Kesari in Marathi.

9.  Bal Gangadhar Tilak  founded the Home Rule League in April 1916 

10 Bal Gangadhar Tilak  declared Swaraj is my birth right, and I will have it'.

11   Bal Gangadhar Tilak   was imprisoned twice by the British for his nationalist activities-once in 1897 for 18 months and again in 1908 for 6 years (in the Mandalay jail in Burma).

12  Bal Gangadhar Tilak   played a prominent role in the anti- partition movement against Bengal partition


Qts 9 Write about Lala Lajpat Rai 

1. Lala Lajpat Rai  popularly known as the 'Punjab Kesari'

2.  Lala Lajpat Rai   became an extremist leader in the Anti-Partition movement ie against Bengal Partition 

3. Lala Lajpat Rai  founded the Indian Home Rule League there in 1914.

4. Lala Lajpat Rai dited a newspaper, called the Punjabee

5. Lala Lajpat Rai authored a book, viz. Unhappy India. 

5.  Lala Lajpat Rai while leading a protest procession against the Simon Commission he was severely wounded and died of injuries.

Qts 10 Write about Bipinchandra Pal 

1  Bipinchandra Pal popularly known as the 'father of revolutionary thought in India'

2  Bipinchandra Pal   belonged to the extremist trio of 'Lal-Bal-Pal'.

3  Bipinchandra Pal   started the Paridarsak (a weekly)

4 Bipinchandra Pal  became the assistant editor of Bengal Public Opinion and the Tribune.

5 Bipinchandra Pal started slogan as swaraj, swadeshi, boycott and national education.

6. Bipinchandra Pal with Aurobindo Ghosh started  Bande Mataram