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Rise of nationalism and the early Congress

Rise of nationalism and the early Congress for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 2 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Malayalam.

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Both parts of the chapter condensed for quick revision: the forces behind nationalism, the press, Lytton's measures and the Ilbert Bill, the associations from 1838 to 1885, the founding of the Congress and the safety-valve theory, the early sessions, the Moderates' methods, demands and economic critique, the Indian Councils Act 1892 and the verdict on the Moderates.

Parts of this chapter

Part 1

Why nationalism grew, and the associations before the Congress

The forces behind Indian nationalism (unification, communications, Western education, the rediscovery of the past, economic grievance and racial arrogance); the press; Lytton's measures of 1876–80 and the Ilbert Bill of 1883; and the political associations from the Landholders' Society (1838) and the British Indian Association (1851) to the East India Association (1866), the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (1870), the Indian Association (1876), the Madras Mahajan Sabha (1884) and the Bombay Presidency Association (1885). Part 2

The Indian National Congress and the Moderates, 1885–1905

The founding of the Indian National Congress at Bombay on 28 December 1885 (A. O. Hume, W. C. Bonnerjee, 72 delegates), the safety-valve theory and its critics, the early sessions and presidents, the British Committee (1889), the Moderate leaders and their methods and demands, the economic critique of Naoroji and R. C. Dutt, the Indian Councils Act 1892, the government's growing hostility and an assessment of the Moderates.

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