RISE OF NATIONALISM IN INDIA
IMPORTANT DATES AND YEARS:
1. 1913- Mahatma Gandhi started satyagraha in South Africa against the racist white
government.
2. 1914-18- First World War.
3. 1915 – Mahatma Gandhi came back from South Africa.
4. 1916- Champaran Movement.
5. 1917 – Kheda Movement to support the peasant who could not pay the revenue due to
crop failure and plague epidemic.
6. 1918 – Satyagraha movement at Ahmadabad to support the cotton mill workers
against British atrocities.
7. 1919- Rowlatt Act was passed.
8. 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
9. 1919 – Khilafat Movement.
10. 1921- Khilafat Non – Cooperation Movement.
11. 1922- Non Cooperation Movement was called off.
12. 1927- Formation of FICCI
13. 1928- Nehru Report (The Indian Constitution was drafted by Motilal Nehru)
14. 1929 –Lahore Session of Congress and demand of Complete Independence.
15. 1929 – A vague offer of Dominion Status was given by Lord Irwin.
16. 1930 – Distressed Class Association was formed by Dr. B R Ambedkar.
17. 1930 – Salt Law was broken through Dandi March(12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930)
18. 1930 - Civil Disobedience Movement was started.
19. 1930 – First Round Table Conference took place. Congress didn’t participate.
20. 1931- Gandhi Irwin Pact.
21. 1931 – Second Round Table Conference took place. M K Gandhi and B R Ambedkar
participated.
22. 1932- Poona pact between M K Gandhi and Dr. B R Ambedkar.
, IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES.
1. Mahatma Gandhi – The most prominent figure of Indian freedom struggle.
2. Pandit Motilal Nehru – A very famous layer of India who drafted the constitution of
India in 1928 which was known as Nehru Report. He also played an important role in
the formation of Swaraj Party in 1922.
3. Ravindra Nath Tagore – He wrote the national anthem of India ( Jan – Gan – Man)
and collected the folklores, myths and ballads of India to revive Indian Culture.
4. Natesa Shashtri – In Madras he published a four volume collection of Tamil Folk
Tales, “The Folklore of Southern India.”
5. Baba Ramchandra – He was the leader of the peasant movement in Owadh.
6. G D Birla – An eminent industrialist who founded FICCI.
7. Purushottam Das Thakurdas – An industrialist who along with G D Birla founded
FICCI.
8. Avanindra Nath Tagore – One of the greatest painters of India who painted Bharat
Mata for the first time.
9. Bankim Chnadra Chatterji – The author of Anandmath who wrote Vande Matram and
used the word Bharat Mata for the first time.
10. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar – The founder of Distressed Class Association, a prominent
lawyer who later on drafted Indian Constitution.
11. Alluri Sitaram Raju – A tribal leader who led the militant guerrilla movment in the
Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh.
12. Abdul Gaffar Khan – Popularly known as Frontier Gandhi and a great companion of
Mahatma Gandhi in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Why is the growth of nationalism in the colonies linked to anti-colonial
movements?
The growth of modern nationalism in the colonies is linked to anti-colonial movements
because people discovered their unity in the process of their struggle against colonialism.
The sense of being oppressed under colonialism provided a shared bond that tied many
different groups together. For example, India's struggle against British colonialism.
How did World War I help in the growth of the nationalist movement in India?
World War I brought about a change in the economic and political situation across India. It
led to a huge increase in defence expenditure, which was financed by war loans. Custom
duties were raised and income tax was introduced. The forced recruitment of the common
people into the armies created an atmosphere of disappointment amongst the rural people in
the country. To add to the problem, an influenza epidemic spread all over the country and
caused the death of millions of people. These factors helped the growth of the nationalist
movement in India.
IMPORTANT DATES AND YEARS:
1. 1913- Mahatma Gandhi started satyagraha in South Africa against the racist white
government.
2. 1914-18- First World War.
3. 1915 – Mahatma Gandhi came back from South Africa.
4. 1916- Champaran Movement.
5. 1917 – Kheda Movement to support the peasant who could not pay the revenue due to
crop failure and plague epidemic.
6. 1918 – Satyagraha movement at Ahmadabad to support the cotton mill workers
against British atrocities.
7. 1919- Rowlatt Act was passed.
8. 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
9. 1919 – Khilafat Movement.
10. 1921- Khilafat Non – Cooperation Movement.
11. 1922- Non Cooperation Movement was called off.
12. 1927- Formation of FICCI
13. 1928- Nehru Report (The Indian Constitution was drafted by Motilal Nehru)
14. 1929 –Lahore Session of Congress and demand of Complete Independence.
15. 1929 – A vague offer of Dominion Status was given by Lord Irwin.
16. 1930 – Distressed Class Association was formed by Dr. B R Ambedkar.
17. 1930 – Salt Law was broken through Dandi March(12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930)
18. 1930 - Civil Disobedience Movement was started.
19. 1930 – First Round Table Conference took place. Congress didn’t participate.
20. 1931- Gandhi Irwin Pact.
21. 1931 – Second Round Table Conference took place. M K Gandhi and B R Ambedkar
participated.
22. 1932- Poona pact between M K Gandhi and Dr. B R Ambedkar.
, IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES.
1. Mahatma Gandhi – The most prominent figure of Indian freedom struggle.
2. Pandit Motilal Nehru – A very famous layer of India who drafted the constitution of
India in 1928 which was known as Nehru Report. He also played an important role in
the formation of Swaraj Party in 1922.
3. Ravindra Nath Tagore – He wrote the national anthem of India ( Jan – Gan – Man)
and collected the folklores, myths and ballads of India to revive Indian Culture.
4. Natesa Shashtri – In Madras he published a four volume collection of Tamil Folk
Tales, “The Folklore of Southern India.”
5. Baba Ramchandra – He was the leader of the peasant movement in Owadh.
6. G D Birla – An eminent industrialist who founded FICCI.
7. Purushottam Das Thakurdas – An industrialist who along with G D Birla founded
FICCI.
8. Avanindra Nath Tagore – One of the greatest painters of India who painted Bharat
Mata for the first time.
9. Bankim Chnadra Chatterji – The author of Anandmath who wrote Vande Matram and
used the word Bharat Mata for the first time.
10. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar – The founder of Distressed Class Association, a prominent
lawyer who later on drafted Indian Constitution.
11. Alluri Sitaram Raju – A tribal leader who led the militant guerrilla movment in the
Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh.
12. Abdul Gaffar Khan – Popularly known as Frontier Gandhi and a great companion of
Mahatma Gandhi in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Why is the growth of nationalism in the colonies linked to anti-colonial
movements?
The growth of modern nationalism in the colonies is linked to anti-colonial movements
because people discovered their unity in the process of their struggle against colonialism.
The sense of being oppressed under colonialism provided a shared bond that tied many
different groups together. For example, India's struggle against British colonialism.
How did World War I help in the growth of the nationalist movement in India?
World War I brought about a change in the economic and political situation across India. It
led to a huge increase in defence expenditure, which was financed by war loans. Custom
duties were raised and income tax was introduced. The forced recruitment of the common
people into the armies created an atmosphere of disappointment amongst the rural people in
the country. To add to the problem, an influenza epidemic spread all over the country and
caused the death of millions of people. These factors helped the growth of the nationalist
movement in India.
