Revolt
Of 1857
Formation Of INC
Extremists and Moderates
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Gandhian
Era
Non-Cooperation Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement
Quit India movement
Independence
Sources
Introduction
The appointment in 1848 of Lord
Dalhousie as Governor General of the
East India Company set the stage for changes essential to a modern state.
These included the consolidation and demarcation of sovereignty, the surveillance of the population, and the education of citizens. However, disaffection with the Company also grew during this time.
Revolt Of 1857
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, sepoys tended to take great pride in their military prowess, and they exhibited enormous loyalty to their British officers.
But in the 1830s and 1840s tensions began to emerge. The reasons are :Increasing numbers of Christian missionaries began arriving in India, and this led to resentment.
Doctrine of lapse.
Coating over rifle cartridges.
On March 29, 1857, a sepoy named
Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the uprising. As the mutiny spread, the British began called mutineers
"pandies.“
Fighting in some places continued well into 1858, but the British were ultimately able to establish control.
As mutineers were captured, they were often killed on the spot. And many were executed in dramatic fashion. Formation Of INC
The
foundations of the Indian National Movement were laid by Suredranath Banerjee with the formation of Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876.
The aim of the Association was to represent the views of the educated middle class, inspire the Indian community to take the value of united action. The Indian National Congress, was founded, with the help of A.O. Hume, a retired British official.
The birth of Indian National Congress (INC) in 1885 marked the entry of new educated middle-class into politics and transformed the Indian political horizon.
The
first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay in