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  • Important Historical Literature/Books/Newspapers in the Freedom Struggle/Development of Indian Press

     


    10th Aug 2020

     

    Important Newspapers associated with the freedom Struggle

    Name of the Paper or journal      
    Year and Place  of Publication
    Name of the Founder or  Editor              
     Bengal Gazette

    1780, Calcutta

    James Augustus Hicky

    India Gazette 1787, Calcutta Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was associated with it

    Bombay Herald    (First Paper from                   Bombay)

    1789, Bombay ————

    Digdarshana (First Bengali Monthly)

    1818, Calcutta

    ———–

     Bengal Gazette        (First Bengali                    Newspaper) 1818, Calcutta Harishchandra Ray
     Sambad Kaumudi (Weekly in Bengali)

     

    1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
     Mirat-ul-Akbar          (First Journal in        Persian) 1822, Calcutta Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    Banga-Duta            (A weekly in four languages- English, Bengali, Persian, Hindi) 1822, Calcutta Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Dwarkanath Tagore and others.
    Bombay Times   (From 1861 onwards, The Times of India) 1838, Bombay Foundation laid by Robert Knight                            Started by Thomas Bennett
     Rast Goftar            (A Gujarati fortnightly) 1851 Dadabhai Naoroji
          Hindu Patriot 1853, Calcutta Girishchandra Ghosh
    Bengalee

    1862, Calcutta

    Girishchandra Ghosh (Taken over by S.N. Banerjea in 1879)
     Amrit Bazar Patrika 1868, Jessore District Sisirkumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh
        Bangadarshana              (In Begali) 1873, Calcutta Bankimchandra Chatterji
     Indian Statesman

    (Later, The Statesman)

    1875, Calcutta Started by Robert Knight
     The Hindu (In Egnlish)

    (Started as weekly)

    1878, Madras G.S. Aiyar, Viraraghavachari and Subha Rao Pandit
     Tribune (daily) 1881, Lahore Dayal Singh Majeetia
    Kesari(Marathi daily)             and    Maharatta (English            weekly) 1881, Bombay Tilak, Chiplunkar, Agarkar
    Swadeshmitran                  (A Tamil paper) Madras

    G.S. Aiyar

     Paridasak (a weekly) 1886 Bipin Chandra Pal (publisher)

    Yugantar                  

    1906, Bengal

    Barindra Kumar Ghosh andBhupendra Dutta

     Indian Sociologist

    London

    Shyamji Krishnavarma

     Bande Matram

    Paris

    Madam Bhikaji Kama

     Talwar

    Berlin

    Virendranath Chattopadhyay

     Ghadar

    Vancouver

    Ghadar Party

    Bombay Chronicle               (a daily)

    1913, Bombay

    Started by Pherozeshah Mehta

    The Hindustan Times

    1920, Delhi Founded by K. M. Panikkar as a part of the Akali Dal Movement

    Leader (in English)

         ———- Madan Mohan Malaviya

    Bahishkrit Bharat (Marathi fortnightly)

    1927

    B. R. Ambedkar

       Kudi Arasu (Tamil)

    1910

    E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (Periyar)

    Bandi Jivan

    Bengal

    Sachindranath Sanyal

    National Herald

    1938

    Started by Jawaharlal Nehru

    Important books were written during the Indian freedom struggle

    Name of the bookAuthor
    Ghulam GiriJyotiba Phule
    Causes of the Indian MutinySir Syyed Ahmed Khan
    To all fighters of freedom, Why SocialismJ.P. Narayan
    PakhtoonKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
    Problems of the EastLord Curzon
    My Indian YearsLord Hardinge II
    Economic History of IndiaR.C. Dutt
    Pather PanchaliBibhuti Bhushan Banerjee
    Precepts of JesusRaja Ram Mohan Roy
    A Gift of MonotheistsRaja Ram Mohan Roy
    Satyarth PrakashSwami Dayanand Saraswati
    Anand MathBankim C. Chatterjee
    Devi ChaudharaniBankim C. Chatterjee
    SitaramBankim C. Chatterjee
    The Indian StruggleS.C. Bose
    Poverty & Un-British Rule in IndiaDadabhai Naoroji
    The Spirit of IslamSyyed Ameer Ali
    A Nation in the MakingS.N. Banerjee
    Unhappy IndiaLala Lajpat Rai
    The Indian War of IndependenceV. D. Savarkar
    India DividedRajendra Prasad
    The Discovery of IndiaJawahar Lal Nehru
    Neel DarpanDinbandhu Mitra
    Hind SwarajM.K. Gandhi
    What Congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchablesB.R. Ambedkar

    Development of Press in India

    • James Augustus Hickey in 1780 started The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser, the first newspaper in India, which was seized in 1872 because of its outspoken criticism of the Government.
    • Later more newspapers/journals came up—The Bengal Journal, The Calcutta Chronicle, The Madras Courier, The Bombay Herald.
    • The Company’s officers were worried that these newspapers might reach London and expose their misdeeds. Thus they saw the need for curbs on the press.

    Early Regulations on press

    • Censorship of Press Act, 1799: Lord Wellesley enacted this, anticipating the French invasion of India. It imposed almost wartime press restrictions including pre-censorship.
    • Licensing Regulations, 1823: The acting governor-general, John Adams, who had reactionary views, enacted these. According to these regulations, starting or using a press without a license was a penal offense. Rammohan Roy’s Mirat-ul-Akbar had to stop publication.
    • Press Act of 1835 or Metcalfe Act: Metcalfe (governor-general— 1835-36) repealed the obnoxious 1823 ordinance. The new Press Act (1835) required a printer/publisher to give a precise account of premises of a publication
    • Licensing Act, 1857: Due to the emergency caused by the 1857 revolt, this Act imposed licensing restrictions.
    • Registration Act, 1867: This replaced Metcalfe’s Act of 1835 and was of a regulatory, not restrictive, nature. As per the Act, every book/ newspaper was required to print the name of the printer and the publisher and the place of the publication; and a copy was to be submitted to the local government within one month of the publication of a book.

    Struggle by Early Nationalists to Secure Press Freedom

    • Right from the early nineteenth century, defense of civil liberties, including the freedom of the press, had been high on the nationalist agenda.
    • As early as 1824, Raja Rammohan Roy had protested against a resolution restricting the freedom of the press.
    • The early phase of the nationalist movement from around 1870 to 1918 focused more on political propaganda and education, formation and propagation of nationalist ideology and arousing, training, mobilization, and consolidation of public opinion, than on mass agitation or active mobilization of masses through open meetings.
    • For this purpose, the press proved a crucial tool in the hands of the nationalists. The Indian National Congress in its early days relied solely on the press to propagate its resolutions and proceedings.
    • Many newspapers emerged during these years under distinguished and fearless journalists.
    • These included The Hindu and Swadesamitran under G. Subramaniya Aiyar, The Bengalee under Surendranath Banerjea, Voice of India under Dadabhai Naoroji, Amrita Bazar Patrika under Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh, Indian Mirror under N.N. Sen, Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratta (in English) under Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sudharak under Gopal Krishna Gokhale, and Hindustan and Advocate under G.P. Verma. Other main newspapers included Tribune and Akbar-i-am in Punjab, Gujarati, Indu Prakash, Dhyan Prakash and Kal in Bombay and Som Prakash, Banganivasi and Sadharani in Bengal.
    • The national movement, from its very beginning, stood for the freedom of the press.
    • The Indian newspapers became highly critical of Lord Lytton’s administration especially regarding its inhuman treatment of victims of the famine of 1876-77.
    • The Government struck back with the Vernacular Press Act, 1878.

    The Vernacular Press Act

    • Objective: Designed to better control’ the vernacular press and effectively punish and repress seditious writing.
    • The district magistrate was empowered to call upon the printer and publisher of any vernacular newspaper to enter into a bond with the government undertaking not to cause disaffection against the government or antipathy between persons of different religions, caste, race through published material.
    • The printer and publisher could also be required to deposit security which could be forfeited if the regulation were contravened, and press equipment could be seized if the offense re-occurred.
    • The magistrate’s action was final and no appeal could be made in a court of law.
    • A vernacular newspaper could get an exemption from the operation of the Act by submitting proofs to a government censor.
    • The Act came to be nicknamed ‘the gagging Act”. The worst features of this Act were—(i) discrimination between English and vernacular press, (ii) no right of appeal
    • In 1883, Surendranath Banerjea became the first Indian journalist to be imprisoned.

    Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908

    • Aimed against Extremist nationalist activity, the Act empowered the magistrates to confiscate press property that published objectionable material likely to cause incitement to murder/ acts of violence.

    Indian Press Act, 1910

    • This Act revived the worst features of the Vernacular Press Act – local government was empowered to demand security at registration from the printer/publisher and forfeit/deregister if it was an offending newspaper, and the printer of a newspaper was required to submit two copies of each issue to local government free of charge.
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    Topics for Today’s questions:

    GS-1  Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country

    GS-2  Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

    GS-3  Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

    GS-4  Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance

    Questions:

    Question 1)

    Q.1 Has the formation of linguistic states strengthened the cause of Indian unity? (10 Marks)

    Question 2)

    Q.2 What are the issues facing technical education in India? Suggest the measures to address these issues. (10 Marks)

    Question 3)

    Q.3 Plastic waste is one of the major sustainability challenges that impact societies. In light of this, assess the challenge posed by the issue of plastic waste in India and suggest the way forward to deal with the challenge. (15 Marks)

    Question 4)  

    Q.4 “Emotional Intelligence is the ability to make your emotions work for you instead of against you.” Do you agree with this view? Discuss. (10 Marks)

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  • STREAK TEST-1

    A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work. 

    Dear Aspirants,
    We have covered almost 50% of Indian Polity and a MCQ based test is scheduled for tomorrow. The test will be conducted at 8 pm live. Keep a black ball pen and OMR sheet with you. Test will be uploaded to your portal.

    Zoom link will also be shared with you.

    So, let us look at Today’s activities.

    The schedule for today was:

    Center-State Relations, Inter-State Relations and Emergency provisions.

    Prelims Questions to attempt:

    Q1. Under the doctrine of Original Jurisdiction, the Supreme Court decides the disputes between different units of Indian Federation. Which of the following are covered under the said jurisdiction?

    1. Dispute between the Centre and Union Territories

    2. Dispute between the Centre and States

    Select the correct answer using the code given below

    A 1 only

    B 2 only

    C Both 1 and 2

    D None of them 

    Q2.  Which of the following statements are correct regarding 7th schedule?
    1.Where there is a conflict between the Concurrent List and the State List, it is the former that should prevail.
    2.In case of a conflict between the Central law and the state law on a subject enumerated in the Concurrent List, the Central law prevails over the state law.
    3.If the state law has been reserved for the consideration of the president and has received his assent, then the state law prevails in that state.

    4. If a subject lies in none of the list of 7th schedule, both Union and state are free to make laws over it.

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A 1, 2 and 3 only

    B 2, 3 and 4only

    C 1,3 and 4only

    D All of them 

    Q3. The Parliament can make any law for whole or any part of India for implementing international treaties

    (a) with the consent of all the States

    (b) with the consent of the majority of States

    (c) with the consent of the States concerned

    (d) without the consent of any State

    Q4. Consider the following statements with reference to Zonal Councils:

    1. They were formed on the recommendation of Sarkaria Commission for better coordination between states.
    2. Chief Ministers occupy the position of Vice Chairperson on rotation basis.

    Which of the statements mentioned above is/are correct?

    A 1 only

    B 2 only

    C Both 1 and 2

    D Neither 1 nor 2

    Q5. Which of the following statements regarding Inter-State Council is/are correct?

    1. The Parliament defines the nature of duties to be performed by the Council.
    2. It can deal with any controversy whether legal or non-legal.
    3. Its function is advisory in nature.

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A 1 only

    B 2 and 3 only

    C 1 and 3 only

    D 1, 2 and 3

    Q6. With reference to Financial Emergency in India, which of the following statements is/are correct?

    1. Under Article 360 Parliament is empowered to proclaim a financial emergency when the financial stability or credit of India or any part of its territory is threatened
    2. During Financial Emergency, the President may issue directions for the reduction of salaries and allowances the judges of Supreme Court while the Governor can do the same for judges of High Court.

    Select the correct answer from the code given below:

    A 1 only

    B 2 only

    C Both 1 and 2

    D Neither 1 nor 2

    Mains Questions to attempt:

    Q: Discuss the meaning of “breakdown of constitutional machinery”. What are its effects? (10)

    Q: What are the essentials of true federation? Analyze the nature of the Indian federation? (15)

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  • Streak Daily Initiative: Question Hour – Day 13

    Questions for the Day:

    Try these Mains Questions :

    Q: Discuss the meaning of “breakdown of constitutional machinery”. What are its effects? (10)

    Q: What are the essentials of true federation? Analyze the nature of the Indian federation? (15)

    Try these Prelims Questions :

    Q1. Under the doctrine of Original Jurisdiction, the Supreme Court decides the disputes between different units of Indian Federation. Which of the following are covered under the said jurisdiction?

    1. Dispute between the Centre and Union Territories

    2. Dispute between the Centre and States

    Select the correct answer using the code given below

    A 1 only

    B 2 only

    C Both 1 and 2

    D None of them 

    Q2.  Which of the following statements are correct regarding 7th schedule?
    1.Where there is a conflict between the Concurrent List and the State List, it is the former that should prevail.
    2.In case of a conflict between the Central law and the state law on a subject enumerated in the Concurrent List, the Central law prevails over the state law.
    3.If the state law has been reserved for the consideration of the president and has received his assent, then the state law prevails in that state.

    4. If a subject lies in none of the list of 7th schedule, both Union and state are free to make laws over it.

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A 1, 2 and 3 only

    B 2, 3 and 4only

    C 1,3 and 4only

    D All of them 

    Q3. The Parliament can make any law for whole or any part of India for implementing international treaties

    (a) with the consent of all the States

    (b) with the consent of the majority of States

    (c) with the consent of the States concerned

    (d) without the consent of any State

    Q4. Consider the following statements with reference to Zonal Councils:

    1. They were formed on the recommendation of Sarkaria Commission for better coordination between states.
    2. Chief Ministers occupy the position of Vice Chairperson on rotation basis.

    Which of the statements mentioned above is/are correct?

    A 1 only

    B 2 only

    C Both 1 and 2

    D Neither 1 nor 2

    Q5. Which of the following statements regarding Inter-State Council is/are correct?

    1. The Parliament defines the nature of duties to be performed by the Council.
    2. It can deal with any controversy whether legal or non-legal.
    3. Its function is advisory in nature.

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A 1 only

    B 2 and 3 only

    C 1 and 3 only

    D 1, 2 and 3

    Q6. With reference to Financial Emergency in India, which of the following statements is/are correct?

    1. Under Article 360 Parliament is empowered to proclaim a financial emergency when the financial stability or credit of India or any part of its territory is threatened
    2. During Financial Emergency, the President may issue directions for the reduction of salaries and allowances the judges of Supreme Court while the Governor can do the same for judges of High Court.

    Select the correct answer from the code given below:

    A 1 only

    B 2 only

    C Both 1 and 2

    D Neither 1 nor 2

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  • Political Party in pre-independence India

    09th Aug, 2021

    Political Party in pre-independence India

    Political associations before the Indian National Congress

    • The Indian National Congress was not the first political organization in India.
    • However, most of the political associations in the early half of the nineteenth century were dominated by wealthy and aristocratic elements. They were local or regional in character.
    • Through long petitions to the British Parliament most of them demanded:
      • administrative reforms,
      • association of Indians with the administration, and
      • spread of education.
    • The political associations of the second half of the nineteenth century came to be increasingly dominated by the educated middle class and they had a wider perspective and a larger agenda.

    Political Associations in Bengal

    (1) The Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha

    • It was formed in 1836 by associates of Raja Rammohan Roy.

    (2) The Zamindari Association,

    • More popularly known as the ‘Landholders’ Society’, was founded to safeguard the interests of the landlords.
    • Although limited in its objectives, the Landholders’ Society marked the beginning of an organized political activity and use of methods of constitutional agitation for the redressal of grievances.

    (3) The Bengal British India Society

    • It was founded in 1843.
    • Objective: the collection and dissemination of information relating to the actual condition of the people and to employ such other means of peaceful and lawful character as may appear calculated to secure the welfare, extend the just rights and advance the interests of all classes of our fellow subjects
    • In 1851, both the Landholders’ Society and the Bengal British India Society merged into the British Indian Association.
    • It sent a petition to the British Parliament demanding –
      • establishment of a separate legislature of a popular character;
      • separation of executive from judicial functions;
      • reduction in salaries of higher officers; and
      • abolition of salt duty, abkari and stamp duties.
    • These were partially accepted when the Charter Act of 1853 provided for the addition of six members to the governor-general’s council for legislative purposes.

    (4) The East India Association

    • It was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866 in London.
    • Objective: to discuss the Indian question and influence public men in England to promote Indian welfare.
    • Later, branches of the association were started in prominent Indian cities.

    (5) The Indian League

    • It was started in 1875 by Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
    • Objective: stimulating the sense of nationalism amongst the people and of encouraging political education.

    (6) The Indian Association of Calcutta

    • It is also known as the Indian National Association superseded the Indian League.
    • It was founded in 1876 by younger nationalists of Bengal led by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose, who were getting discontented with the conservative and pro-landlord policies of the British Indian Association.
    • The Indian Association was the most important of pre-Congress associations.
    • Objective: to “promote by every legitimate means the political, intellectual and material advancement of the people.”
    • It set out to
    1. create a strong public opinion on political questions, and
    2. unify Indian people in a common political programme.
    • It protested against the reduction of age limit in 1877 for candidates of the Indian Civil Service examination.
    • The association demanded simultaneous holding of civil service examination in England and India and Indianisation of higher administrative posts.
    • It led a campaign against the repressive arms act and the vernacular press act. Branches of the association were opened in other towns and cities of Bengal and even outside Bengal.
    • The association sponsored an all India conference which first took place in Calcutta on December 28 to 30, 1883. It later merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.

    Political Associations in Bombay

    (1) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

    • It was founded in 1867 by Mahadeo Govind Ranade and others, with the object of serving as a bridge between the government and the people.

    (2) The Bombay Presidency Association

    • It was started by Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah Mehta and K.T. Telang in 1885.

    Political Associations in Madras

    The Madras Mahajan Sabha was founded in 1884 by M. Viraraghavachari, B. Subramaniya Aiyer and P. Anandacharlu.

    Pre-congress campaigns

    These campaigns were –

    (i) for the imposition of import duty on cotton (1875)

    (ii) for Indianisation of government service (1878-79)

    (iii) against Lytton’s Afghan adventure

    (iv) against Arms Act (1878)

    (v) against Vernacular Press Act (1878)

    (vi) for the right to join volunteer corps

    (vii) against plantation labour and against Inland Emigration Act

    (viii) in support of Ilbert Bill

    (ix) for an All India Fund for Political Agitation

    (x) campaign in Britain to vote for the pro-India party

    (xi) against reduction in maximum age for appearing in

    Indian national congress

    Foundation of Indian National Congress

    • First session held in 1885 (Bombay).
    • Indian National Union, formed by A.O. Hume, became Indian National Congress.
    • Foundational theories of INC and prominent believers:

    a. Safety Valve Theory —Lala Lajpat Rai

    b. Conspiracy Theory—R.P. Dutt

    c. Lightning conductor Theory—G.K. Gokhale

    Important leaders of Moderate Phase

    • Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta, P.Ananda Charlu, Surendranath Banerjea, Romesh Chandra Dutt, Ananda Mohan Bose, G.K. Gokhale, etc.

    Early Nationalist Methodology

    • Constitutional agitation within four walls of law
    • Create public opinion in India and campaign for support to Indian demands in England
    • Political education of people
    • Political connections with Britain in India’s interests at that stage
    • Time not ripe for direct challenge to colonial rule

    Contributions of Moderate Nationalists

    • Economic critique of British imperialism
    • Constitutional reforms and propaganda in legislature
    • Campaign for general administrative reforms
    • Defense of civil rights

    All-India Muslim League

    Background:

    • The communal idea that the Muslims are a separate nation was sown into the Indian political ethos first by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a philosopher and Muslim reformist.
    • He had founded the Muhammadan Educational Conference in 1886 but this organization stayed away from politics and desisted from even discussing it as per its own code.
    • On 30 December 1906, around 3000 delegates attended a conference of the Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka in which the ban on politics was removed and a motion was moved to form the AIML.
    • The AIML was the first Muslim political party of India.
    • The idea was that the Congress Party was only catering to the needs of the Hindus.
    • Founders: Khwaja Salimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Syed Nabiullah, Khan Bahadur Ghulam and Mustafa Chowdhury.
    • The first Honorary President of the League was Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III).
    • Objective: to promote and secure civil rights for Muslims. It espoused loyalty to the British government as a means to achieve more political and civil rights.
    • Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the league in 1913.
    • They provided the government with a tool to fight the growing nationalism in the country. Even though partition of the country was not on the minds of Indian Muslims in the early years of the league, it came into the picture after 1930.
    • Leaders of the league began the propaganda that Hindus and Muslims are not one nation and have separate cultures and identities although they have been cohabiting for centuries.
    • In 1940, Jinnah gave a speech in Lahore in which he talked of the impossibility of living as one nation nad formulated the Two-Nation Theory.

    Other important political parties in the Pre-independence era

    (1) Communist Party of India 1925

    • It was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in Kanpur. S.V. Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI.
    • There were many communist groups formed by Indians with the help of foreigners in different parts of the world.
    • Tashkent group of Contacts were made with Anushilan and Jugantar the groups in Bengal, and small communist groups were formed in Bombay (led by S.A. Dange), Madras (led by Singaravelu Chettiar), United Provinces (led by Shaukat Usmani), Punjab, Sindh (led by Ghulam Hussain) and Bengal (led by Muzaffar Ahmed).

    (2) All India Forward Bloc 1939

    • In April 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose left Congress and on 3 May 1939, he established the “Forward Bloc” of the Indian National Congress.
    • He started publishing a newspaper titled Forward Bloc.

    (3) Ghadar Party 1913-1919

    • The Ghadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed in 1913 in the United States.
    • It was founded by Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal. Its aim was to get rid of the colonial super-power by means of an armed struggle and to set up a national democratic government on the sub-continent.

    (4) Swaraj Party 1923-1935

    • After the Chauri Chaura incident, Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922. This was met with a lot of disagreements among leaders of the Congress Party.
    • While some wanted to continue non-cooperation, others wanted to end the legislature boycott and contest elections. The former were called no-changers and such leaders included Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, C Rajagopalachari, etc.
    • The others who wanted to enter the legislative council and obstruct the British government from within were called the pro-changers. These leaders included C R Das, Motilal Nehru, Srinivasa Iyengar, etc.
    • In 1922, in the Gaya session of the Congress, C R Das (who was presiding over the session) moved a proposal to enter the legislatures but it was defeated.
    • Das and other leaders broke away from the Congress and formed the Swaraj Party. C R Das was the President and the Secretary was Motilal Nehru.
    • Prominent leaders: N C Kelkar, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Subhas Chandra Bose.

    (5) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association 1928-1936

    • Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was a revolutionary organization, previously it was known as the Hindustan Republican Army.
    • Founded by: Ram Prasad Bismil, Sachindra Nath Bakshi, Sachindranath Sanyal and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee.
    • A manifesto for the party was written by Sanyal titled ‘Revolutionary’. It contained incendiary material asking the youth of the country to join the party and take part in the freedom struggle.
    • It did not approve of the methods used by Gandhi and criticized them. The manifesto stated that it sought to achieve a ‘Federal Republic of the United States of India’ after overthrowing British rule.
    • It also demanded universal suffrage. The material espoused a socialist society for India.
    • In 1924 – 25, many young people joined the party, prominent among them being Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Chandrasekhar Azad.

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