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independence movement of india

Today in this article we are going to tell you about the freedom movement of India. Which is the following

India's Freedom Movement

  • The Indian National Congress was founded by a retired British administrative officer, A. O. Made by the Army in 1885 AD. The first session of the Congress was held in Mumbai in December 1885. A total of 72 members participated in it. Its first president was Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee versus Deendayal ji, the first Muslim president of Congress (1887 AD) and Dhar George Yule was the first Christian and foreign president (1828 AD).
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak started Ganpati festival in 1893 AD and Shivaji festival in 1895 with the aim of increasing nationalist sentiment.
  • To end the national consciousness in Bengal, Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on October 16, 1995. Swadeshi and boycott movement was launched all over the country in protest against the partition of Bengal.
  • Lal, Bal and Pal were called Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal respectively. He was a supporter of extremist ideology.
  • Dada Bhai Naoroji first presented the demand for Swaraj in the Calcutta session of the Congress (1906 AD). He is called the Grand Old Man of India.
  • On the issue of Swadeshi, the Surat session of the Congress of 1907 AD was divided into two parts. Muslim League was formed under the leadership of Nawab Salimulla in 1980.
  • The government passed the Indian Councils Act in 1909, which for the first time provided for separate constituencies and voting rights for Muslims.
  • In 1911, a grand court was organized in Delhi to welcome the King of England, George V and Queen Mary. In this ceremony, it was announced to cancel the partition of Bengal and transfer the capital of India from Kolkata to Delhi.
  • At the Congress session held in Lucknow in 1916 AD, a compromise was reached between the divided factions of the Congress. Congress and Muslim League came on one platform for the first time in this session.
  • To intensify the demand for self-government, Bal Gangadhar Tilak formed the Home Rule League in April, 1960 AD Mentha Annie Besant September, 1916 AD.
  • The Kolkata session of the Congress in 1917 was presided over by Mrs. Annie Besant. Who was the first woman to be elected to the post? On August 20, 1917, Montagu introduced a resolution in the British Parliament, which was known as the August Declaration, according to which it was said to provide part representation in every branch of administration in India.
  • Dyarchy was arranged in the provinces by the Government of India Act of 1919 AD. A huge public meeting was organized in Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919 in protest against the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal, two important leaders of Punjab.
  • On the orders of General Dyer, shots were fired, killing hundreds of unarmed people. It is known as Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Rabindra Nath Tagore returned his title of head in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
  • Khilafat movement was launched in India in 1920 AD against the mistreatment of Turkey against Khilafat.
  • The Congress started such a movement in 1920 AD under the leadership of Gandhiji. On February 5, 1922, the agitated brothers were burnt alive in the police station at a stolen old house in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh. Realizing that Gandhiji withdrew the movement immediately.
  • January, 1923 AD Chittaranjan Das Motilal Nehru founded the Congress Party.
  • In the election of 1923 AD, Swaraj Party was successful in getting Vitthalbhai Patel elected to the post of Speaker in the central legislature.
  • Simon Commission was constituted on November 8, 1927 to review the Government of India Act of 1919.
  • February 3, 1928 AD . The Simon Commission came to India, but due to not having a single Indian in it, it was opposed across the country. During this, Lala Lajpat Rai suffered serious injuries in Lahore, due to which he later died.
  • Presiding the Lahore session of Congress in 1929 AD, Jawaharlal Nehru declared the goal of Purna Swaraj.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the tricolor flag on the banks of the Ravi river in Lahore on December 31, 1929.
  • On March 12, 1930 AD Mahatma Gandhi left Sabarmati Ashram for Dandi with 78 volunteers.
  • On April 6, 1930, reaching Kotdi, Gandhi started the civil disobedience movement by breaking the salt law.
  • The civil disobedience movement was suspended on March 5, 1931 after the agreement between Gandhiji and the then Viceroy Irwin.
  • Of the three Round Table Conferences held in London, Congress participated in only the Second Round Table Conference. In this the Congress was represented by Mahatma Gandhi.
  • Communal Award for separate electorates for Dalits was announced in 1932 by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Maverick.

Language and Literature – Indian History

  • The Congress Socialist Party was formed in 1934 by the efforts of Jaiprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev Muni Masani.
  • Provincial autonomy was provided under the Government of India Act 1935 and a provision was made for the formation of a federal court. After the elections to the provincial assemblies in 1960, the Congress formed its government in 8 provinces.
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah demanded Pakistan in 1940 AD at the Lahore session of the Muslim League.
  • August 8, 1942 AD Starting the Quit India Movement in the ground of Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan of Do or Die. Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Congress and formed the Forward Bloc in 1939, due to Mahatma Gandhi being white.
  • The idea of ​​formation of Azad Hind Fauj first came in the mind of Mohan Singh.
  • October 21, 1943 AD Kotva Chandra Bose established the Azad Hind Government of India in Singapore.
  • Delhi Chalo And you give me blood, I will give you freedom The slogan was given by Subhash Chandra Bose. Mahatma Gandhi was first called by President Subhash Chandra Bose.
  • The cabinet mission came to India in 1946 AD. Its members were Stafford Cripps, Pethick Lawrence and A. V. Alexander. The Constituent Assembly was formed only on the Chaturthi of the Cabinet Mission.
  • On June 3, 1947, the then Viceroy Mountbatten presented the Mountbatten Plan, which later became the basis for the Partition of India.
  • On August 15, 1947, two new nations named India and Pakistan came into existence.
  • The Prime Minister of Britain at the time of India's independence was Clement Attlee.
  • The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of India's independence, J. B. Kripalani was.
  • The first Governor General of independent India was Lord Mountbatten. Later Chakravarti Rajagopalachari became the first and last Indian Governor General.