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The Foundation Years
Demand for Equitable Government through Administrative Reforms
Concern for the removal of Poverty.
Resolution deploring :
- The growing impoverishment of the people
- The wealth of the country being drained away
- The condition of the ryots steadily deterioration since 1848 nearly 40 million people having only one meal a day and some times not even that
1. Annual Sessions of the Congress Party held in different venues every year
2. Provincial Conferences organised to foster country-wide involvement
3. Concrete steps taken to organise Public Opinion in Great Britian
in favour of the Indian viewpoint
4. Thrust on seeking Representation in Government
5. Madan Mohan Malaviya - "No taxation without representation"
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July 1889
Formation of British Committee of the Indian
National Congress with Offices in London to put
pressure on Parliament in Great
Britian. |
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1892 Dadabhai
Naoroji elected to British Parliament in Great
Britian. |
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1892 India
Councils Act a major victory for Congress but it
still did not envisage elected
representation. |
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| 1885 |
| 1886 |
| 1887 |
| 1888 |
| 1889 |
| 1890 |
| 1891 |
| 1892 |
| 1893 |
| 1894 |
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| BOMBAY |
W. C.
BONNERJEE |
| CALCUTTA |
DADABHAI
NAOROJI |
| MADRAS |
BADRUDDIN
TYABJI |
| ALLAHABAD |
GEORGE
YULE |
| BOMBAY |
SIR WILLIAM
WEDDERBURN |
| CALCUTTA |
SIR PHEROZESHAH
MEHTA |
| NAGPUR |
P. ANANDA
CHARLU |
| ALLAHABAD |
W. C.
BONNERJEE |
| LAHORE |
DADABHAI
NAOROJI |
| MADRAS |
ALFRED
WEBB |
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Consolidation And Beyond
1. Demand for Fiscal Responsibility
2. Demand for Indianisation of Services
3. Protest against economic emasculation
4. Government insensitive to Natural disasters
5. Famine Plague Floods
6. Lokmanya Tilak works for the famine affected polpulace of Pune - accused of inciting violence by his writings in "Kesari" – imprisoned
7. The Curzon Vice-Royalty - many repressive measaures
8. Sedition Act curbing the elementary liberties of the people
9. Official Secrets Act with burden of proof of innocence shifted onto the accused
10. Protest against proposed Partition of Bengal along communal lines
1896 Resolution
blaming the British for creating the
Famine |
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1899 First Party
Constitution
framed |
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1900 British
reaction to growing Congress Movement - curb
availability of Education to Indians -
Universities Act seeks to limit spread of
English
education |
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1901 Mahatma
Gandhi appears on the Congress platform for the
first time seeking support for the struggle in
South
Africa |
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| 1895 |
| 1896 |
| 1897 |
| 1898 |
| 1899 |
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| 1901 |
| 1902 |
| 1903 |
| 1904 |
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| PUNE |
SURENDRANATH
BANNERJEE |
| CALCUTTA |
RAHIMTULLA M.
SAYANI |
| AMRAVATI |
C. SANKARAN
NAIR |
| MADRAS |
ANANDA MOHAN
BOSE |
| LUCKNOW |
ROMESH
CHANDERDUTTA |
| LAHORE |
N. G.
CHANDAVARKAR |
| CALCUTTA |
SIR DINSHAW EDULJEE
WACHA |
| AHMEDABAD |
SURENDRANATH
BANNERJEE |
| MADRAS |
LALMOHAN
GHOSH |
| BOMBAY |
SIR HENRY
COTTON |
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Demand For Self Government
- Reaction to the Curzon Regime
- Widespread protests against the Partition of Bengal - blatantly promoted by Lord Curzon as the creation of a Muslim Enclave
- Confrontation between the Moderates in the Congress seeking change through constitutional means and peaceful
- agitation and the Extremist younger elements seeking
- change through violence if necessary
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1906 Demand for Swaraj
Boycott of British
Goods |
1907 First Split
in Congress between Moderates and Extremists -
the Moderates retain control of the
Organisation |
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1909
Minto-Morley Reforms creating the Indian
Councils gave representation but also gave
impetus to the virus of Communalism by providing
for separate
electorates |
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1909 First signs
of strain in Hindu-Muslim
relations |
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1911 The
partition of Bengal is
annulled |
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| 1905 |
| 1906 |
| 1907 |
| 1908 |
| 1909 |
| 1910 |
| 1911 |
| 1912 |
| 1913 |
| 1914 |
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| BENARES |
GOPAL KRISHNA
GOKHALE |
| CALCUTTA |
DADABHAI
NAOROJI |
| SURAT |
RASHBIHARI
GHOSH |
| MADRAS |
RASHBIHARI
GHOSH |
| LAHORE |
PT MADAN MOHAN
MALAVIYA |
| ALLAHABAD |
SIR WILLIAM
WEDDERBURN |
| CALCUTTA |
PT BISHAN NARAYAN
DAR |
| BANKIPUR |
R. N.
MUDHOLKAR |
| KARACH |
NAWAB SYED MOHD
BAHADUR |
| MADRAS |
BHUPENDRA NATH
BOSE |
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The Foundations Of Independent India
- The Home Rule Movement
- The Advent Of Gandhi
- The Khilafat Movement
- The Non-Cooperation Movement
1916 Lucknow
Pact between the Congress and the Muslim
league |
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1917 Proposal
for a Congress Flag (later to become the
National
Tricolour) |
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1917 Principle
of Linguisitic Division accepted - foundation
for the eventual creation of states by
linguistic
identity |
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1917 Gandhiji
introduces Satyagraha as a potent weapon of
political protest in
Champaran |
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1918 Satyagraha
in Gujarat
successful |
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1919 Gandhiji
organises countrywide Satyagraha against the
RowlattAct |
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1919 Jallianwala
Bagh Massacre 1919 Gandhiji organises
countrywide Satyagraha against the
RowlattAct |
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1920 Gandhiji
tours the country to organise the
Non-Cooperation
Movement |
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1920 The
Congress becomes a Mass
Movement |
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1920 The Country
United under Mahatma
Gandhi |
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1924 Gandhiji’s
21 day fast against Communal
Disturbances |
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| 1915 |
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| 1917 |
| 1918 |
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| 1920 |
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| 1921 |
| 1922 |
| 1923 |
| 1923 |
| 1924 |
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| BOMBAY |
LORD S.P.
SINHA |
| LUCKNOW |
AMBICA CHARAN
MAZUMDAR |
| CALCUTTA |
DR ANNIE
BESANT |
| BOMBAY |
SYED HASAN
IMAM |
| DELHI |
PT MADAN MOHAN
MALAVIYA |
| AMRITSAR |
PT MOTILAL
NEHRU |
| CALCUTTA |
LALA LAJPAT
RAI |
| NAGPUR |
C.
VIJAYARAGHAVACHARIAR |
| AHMEDABAD |
HAKIM AJMAL
KHAN |
| GAYA |
DESHBANDHU CHITTARANJAN
DAS |
| COCANADA |
MAULANA MOHD
ALI |
| DELHI |
MAULANA ABUL KALAM
AZAD |
| BELGAUM |
MAHATMA
GANDHI |
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The Demand For Complete Independence
- Gandhi - Irwin Pact
- Definition Of Fundamental Rights
1925 Adoption of
Hindi as the Official Language for the AICC
Sessions |
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1926
Announcement of Simon Commission for Proposing
Constitutional Reforms for
India |
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1927 Resolution
boycotting the Simon
Commission |
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1928 Successful
All India Hartal on arrival of Simon
Commission |
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1928 All Party
Committee appointed under Pt Motilal Nehru to
draft a Consititution for Independent
India |
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1928 Bardoli
Satyagraha successful under Sardar
Patel |
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1929 Resolution
demanding Complete
Independence |
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1930 Adoption of
26th January as "Purna Swaraj
Day" |
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1930 Call for
Civil
Disobedience |
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1930 Salt
Satyagraha - Dandi
March |
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1930 All major
Congress Leaders
arrested |
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1930 AICC
Working Committee declared unlawful
body |
1930 Congress
opposition to Round table
Conference |
1931 Fundamental
Rights defined |
1931 AICC
Working Committee Members released - Congress
invited by Viceroy to join deliberations for the
future of India |
1931 Gandhi
authorised to negotiate on behalf of the
Congress |
1931 Gandhi -
Irwin
Pact |
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| 1934 |
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| KANPUR |
SAROJINI
NAIDU |
| GAUHATI |
S. SRINIVASA
IYENGAR |
| MADRAS |
DR MUKHTAR AHMED
ANSARI |
| CALCUTTA |
PT MOTILAL
NEHRU |
| LAHORE |
PT JAWAHARLAL
NEHRU |
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| KARACHI |
SARDAR VALLABHABHAI
PATEL |
| DELHI |
PT MADAN MOHAN
MALAVIYA |
| CALCUTTA |
MRS NELLIE
SENGUPTA |
| BOMBAY |
DR RAJENDRA
PRASAD |
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