Modern India 1857-1964

Effects of Colonialism on India De-Industrialization During 18th Century.

The word De-industrialization means the destruction of traditional Indian industries due to colonialism. During the 18th century, the Indian products were prized as valuable item of commerce and during this period Indian artisans were in a good ...

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Discuss the main features of the Government of India Act of 1935.

Modern India 1857-1964

The Government of India Act of 1935: After the 3rd Rotund Table conference a white paper containing the new Constitution of India was prepared by the British government. This contained three basic features Federation, Provincial Autonomy and ...

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Write a note on All Parties Conference 1928.

Modern India 1857-1964

In February, 1928, the Congress called an All Parties Conference, in which representatives of all different parties like Congress, Hindu Mahasabha, Muslim league etc. were met under the president ship of Dr. M.A. Ansari with aim of establishing full ...

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Discuss the formation of the communist party of India and its early history.

Modern India 1857-1964

Narendranath Bhattacharya was the real name of Manabendra Nath Roy, M.N. Roy the founder of Communist Party of India in Tashkent was born on 6 February 1889 in a poor Brahmin family. He had done his studies from National University. He was extremist ...

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Write short note on The Chittagong Armoury Raid?

Modern India 1857-1964

The Chittagong Armoury Raid. Suryasen, the secretary of Chittagong District Congress Committee formed a large band of revolutionaries such as Anent Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Ambika Chakravarty and Loknath Paul in order to showed the British rule that ...

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What do you understand by term Communalism?

Modern India 1857-1964

In a simplest terms, the word "communalism" denote to "the social organization on a religious basis." Or 'loyalty to a socio-political grouping based on religion or ethic affiliation. In other words, communalism is a belief that all those who have a ...

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Discuss the Circumstances Leading to the Morely-Minto Reforms? What were the main features of the morely-minto reforms?

Modern India 1857-1964

In 1909 Lord Morley, a liberal came to power as Secretary of State for India. At the same time Lord Minto took over as Governor General. Both the officials had similar views as regards the policy in India. Moderates in Congress at that time were ...

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What was the programme of the non-cooperation movement? Discuss the response of the peasanrty to the non-cooperation movement.

Modern India 1857-1964

The Non-Cooperation Movement was undoubtedly a landmark in the history of India's struggle for independence. The programme of this movement involved boycott of Government and educational institutions, Law Courts, legislatures, the emphasis on the ...

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What was the Gandhian ideology?

Modern India 1857-1964

Gandhian Concept of Freedom or ideology for freedom are: Satyagraha: The technique of Satyagraha i.e. true force originated in South Africa by Gandhi but after 1919 it became dominant technique in India's freedom struggle. He believed that its ...

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Write short note on Struggle of Gandhi in South Africa.

Modern India 1857-1964

Gandhi ji Struggle in South Africa. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbander in KathiawarGujrat on October 2, 1869. He had completed his matriculation from England and qualified for the profession of barrister. In 1891, this young and ...

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Write short note on Rowlatt Satyagraha.

Modern India 1857-1964

Rowlatt Act: In order to suppress revolutionary crime Government of India had appointed a. committee under the chairmanship of justice Sydney Rowlatt. On the basis of the recommendation of the committee, government of India drafted two bill and ...

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Write short note on Ghadar Movement.

Modern India 1857-1964

The Ghadar movement was started by Punjabi immigrants who had settled on the West Coast of North America. They were heavily indebted farmers of Punjab especially Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, many of whom had served under the British Indian Army. Racial ...

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