Important Revolts and Movements

Praja Mandal movements demanded people's rights and responsible government in princely states. Study them as an extension of the national movement.

The Awadh Kisan Sabha gave organized political form to local peasant issues. Link it with Baba Ramchandra and peasant resistance.

The Oudh Kisan Sabha linked peasant questions with national movement politics. Study it as growth of peasant consciousness.

The Moplah Rebellion should be understood with Malabar land relations and social tensions. Giving only one cause is weak in exams.

The jenmi system was linked with land ownership and tenancy relations. Study the Moplah Rebellion in this socio-economic context.

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was linked with the All India Kisan Sabha. Remember him with the national platform of peasant politics.

The All India Kisan Sabha organized peasant demands at the national level. Link it with the development of class-based peasant politics.

After the violence at Chauri Chaura the Non-Cooperation Movement was stopped. Link it with the challenge of Gandhian discipline.

National schools were constructive alternatives to boycotting colonial institutions. Link them with the positive programme of Non-Cooperation.

Boycott of foreign cloth was a strategy to put economic pressure on colonial trade. Link it with swadeshi and khadi.

Khadi became a symbol of self-reliance and boycott of foreign cloth. Link it with the charkha and Gandhian programme.

Tagore returned his knighthood in protest against Jallianwala Bagh. Link it with moral rejection of colonial honour.

Jallianwala Bagh created deep distrust toward British rule. Remember it in the background of protest against the Rowlatt Act.

The absence of Indian members in the Simon Commission caused wide protest. Link it with the issue of constitutional self-respect.

The Nehru Report was an attempt by Indians to present a constitutional framework. Study it in the context of protest against the Simon Commission.

The Purna Swaraj resolution made the demand for independence clear and decisive. Remember it with the Lahore session.

26 January was linked with the pledge of Purna Swaraj. Understand it in a historical context different from the later Republic Day.

Making salt at Dandi was a public and non-violent act of breaking the law. Link it with the strategy of Civil Disobedience.

Civil Disobedience involved open opposition to unjust laws and acceptance of punishment. Link it with the moral power of satyagraha.

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was an important stage of negotiation between the movement and the British government. Link it with the Round Table Conference.