Some of the major reasons behind the breakup of swadeshi movement: By 1908, the open phase (as different from the underground revolutionary phase) of the movement was almost over. 1. There was severe government repression 2. The movement failed to create an effective organization or a party structure. It threw up an entire gamut of techniques that came to be [...]
Read this article to learn about the movement of the depressed classes for the freedom of India! Mahar Movement: The Mahars were one of the Barah Balutas (12 artisan / servant castes) of Maharashtra. They were an untouchable caste of inferior village servants. The Mahar movement was organized by Gopal Baba Walangkar, an ex-serviceman, who in 1894 drafted a petition [...]
Read this article to learn about the social and economic bases of rise of Indian nationalism: The second half of the 19th century witnessed he full flowering of national political consciousness and the growth of an organised national movement in India. The year 1885 marks the beginning of a new epoch in Indian History. Indian National Congress was founded in [...]
