Brief History of Swaraj Party |Objectives and Works of Swaraj Party Swaraj Party Who founded the Swaraj Party? Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founders of Swaraj Party. It was named as ‘Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Party” in 1922. What was the Swaraj Party? The Swaraj Party (also Swarajya Party) claimed to be an integral part…
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Brief History of Quit India Movement (August Movement) Quit India Movement (August Movement) Introduction: The Quit India Movement, also known as ‘August Movement’, was a freedom movement led by Mahatma Gandhi. Date and year: It began on 8th August, 1942. Causes: The Second World War began in 1939. This War made the situation somewhat…
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Brief History of Labors, Workers and Peasants Movement in India Labors, Workers and Peasants Movement in India Formation of AITUC: In the second decade of the 20th century a new thing appeared in our freedom struggle. This was the participation of the peasants and workers in the struggle. It was perhaps Gandhiji who among…
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Brief History of Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 What was the Sepoy Mutiny? Sepoy mutiny is often referred to as ‘the Great rebellion”, ‘the Indian rebellion of 1857”, ‘Sepoy rebellion” or ‘Indian Mutiny”. The dissatisfaction and fear that was building up during the imperialistic rule of Dalhousie exploded into a…
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Brief History of Home Rule League Movement Home Rule League Movement Introduction: The Surat Congress led to the split of the Indian National Congress. It affected the national movement which lost momentum. But the World War I offered an opportunity for the union of the Extremists and the Moderates. As a result, the…
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Biography of Madhav Rao Peshwa I Madhav Rao Peshwa I Madhav Rao Peshwa I was the son of Nanasaheb Peshwa (Balaji Bajirao). He was born on 14th February, 1745 and became the 4th Peshwa of Maratha Empire. Accession In June 1761 Madhav Rao, the second son of Balaji Bajirao, succeeded as the Peshwa. As…
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Biography of Haider Ali (Hyder Ali) Introduction Haider Ali (also spelled Hyder Ali) was the de-facto ruler of Mysore Kingdom for the period between 1761 to 1782. He is remembered in history for bravely resisting the expansion of British Empire in India. Background Udiyar, a Hindu dynasty, ruled Mysore since the fourteenth century.…
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Battle of Plassey The Battle of Plassey was fought between the British East India Company and Siraj-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Bengal). Siraj-ud-Daulah was supported by the French. The battle took place on June 23, 1757. The victory of British East India company in the battle is one of the most important event in Indian…
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Arya Samaj Arya Samaj is one of the most powerful organization for socio-religious reforms India has ever seen. It took up rather a strong and militant policy towards many matters. The Arya Samaj did not want to derive any inspiration from any other religion. They did not want to go out of Hinduism. They…
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Anti-Partition Movement in Bengal (1905) Anti-partition movement Introduction: One of the main objects of the Partition of Bengal was to divide the unity of the people of Bengal. Lord Curzon divided the territories of Bengal in such as way that the western part formed the Hindu majority area and the eastern part formed the Muslim…
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