The First War of Independence, 1857Only the causes (political, socio-religious, economic and military) and consequences will be tested. [The events, however, need to be mentioned in order to maintain continuity and for a more comprehensive...
The decisive phase of the Nationalist Movement [1917-1947] began when Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa in January 1915. This phase is also known as the Gandhian Era. During this period Mahatma Gandhi became the undisputed leader of...
The Early Nationalists, also known as the Moderates, were a group of political leaders in India active between 1885 and 1907.They are known as "Early Nationalists" because they believed in demanding reforms while adopting constitutional and...
In the years from 1905 to 1918, there emerged a new and younger group of leaders within the Congress, who did not agree with the methods and ideology of the Moderates, this group of leaders came to be known as Assertive Nationalists. The three...
The era of Lord Curzon’s office as the Viceroy (1899-1905) started with controversies. The Partition of Bengal (1905) was one of his administrative measures which resulted in strong resentment. Provoking people against the British was made an...
Formation of the Muslim League (1906)
In December, 1906, the All India Muslim League was set-up by Nawab Salimullah at Dhaka. The League supported the Partition of Bengal, opposed the Swadeshi Movement and demanded special safeguards for its...
The era of the First World War (1914-1919) was full of enormous nationalist political activities in India. The events occurred during the First World War and the prevalent sentiments were responsible for the signing of Lucknow Pact between the...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was one of the prominent leaders of the Indian Nationalism during the British-ruled India. He was popularly known as Bapu, or Mahatma. The Indian National Movement was dominated by him from 1919 to 1948. That is why,...
Quit India Movement (1942)
On 8th August, 1942, the Congress in its meeting at Gowaliya tank near Bomaby passed a resolution known as Quit India Resolution, whereby Gandhiji asked the British to quit India and gave a call for ‘Do or Die’ (We...
All India Forward Bloc was a left wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhash Chandra Bose. The first INA collapsed in December before it was revived under the...
Independence and Partition of India
In the Lahore Session of the Muslim League in 1940, the demand for Pakistan came up. The name of Pakistan came from beginning letters of Punjab, the Afghan Province, Kashmir and Sindh and from Baluchistan...
The First World War
The First World War began in Europe, in the year 1914. Its extent was over the entire world including Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. This period witnessed innovations in the methods of destruction and defence, which in turn...
Rise of Dictatorships 19th century witnessed different styles of governance, amongst which Dictatorship was also one. Many intellectuals expressed their satisfaction and agreed for the prevalence of dictatorship. Fascism Fascism means Union or...
The Second World War
The First World War and its harsh peace treaties sowed the seeds for the Second World War. The similarity in its cause and characteristics with those of the First World War were superficial.
Causes of the Second World...
