CLASS 10 NOTES
HISTORY
the
nationalism in
India
PRASHANT KIRAD
, PRASHANT KIRAD
Nationalism in India
1.The First World War, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation
Emergence of a new economic and political landscape due to the war.
Surge in defense spending, funded through war loans and increased taxes
(elevated customs duties and the introduction of income tax).
Escalation of prices and hardships for the general populace.
Compulsory recruitment of individuals for the war effort.
Severe shortage of food leading to widespread famine and suffering.
Concurrent influenza epidemic causing millions of casualties.
Growing realization among Indians that their involvement in the war was
unwarranted.
This realization fostered unity among Indians against British rule
E. M
. A
ex a m m e i a y e g a
1.1 The Idea of Satyagraha
January 1915: Mahatma Gandhi returns to India from South Africa,
initiating the Satyagraha movement.
Satyagraha focuses on the power of truth and the imperative to seek
it.
Gandhi advocates non-violence as a means to unite all Indians and
achieve victory.
1917: Gandhi travels to Champaran, Bihar, inspiring peasants to resist
the oppressive plantation system.
Same year: Organizes satyagraha in Kheda, Gujarat, supporting
peasants in their struggle.
1918: Gandhi leads a satyagraha movement among cotton mill workers in
Ahmedabad.
Indian workers in South
Africa march through Volksrust, 6
November 1913.
Mahatma Gandhi was leading the
workers from Newcastle to
Transvaal. When the marchers were
stopped and Gandhiji arrested,
thousands of more workers joined
the satyagraha against racist laws
that denied rights to non-whites.
HISTORY
the
nationalism in
India
PRASHANT KIRAD
, PRASHANT KIRAD
Nationalism in India
1.The First World War, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation
Emergence of a new economic and political landscape due to the war.
Surge in defense spending, funded through war loans and increased taxes
(elevated customs duties and the introduction of income tax).
Escalation of prices and hardships for the general populace.
Compulsory recruitment of individuals for the war effort.
Severe shortage of food leading to widespread famine and suffering.
Concurrent influenza epidemic causing millions of casualties.
Growing realization among Indians that their involvement in the war was
unwarranted.
This realization fostered unity among Indians against British rule
E. M
. A
ex a m m e i a y e g a
1.1 The Idea of Satyagraha
January 1915: Mahatma Gandhi returns to India from South Africa,
initiating the Satyagraha movement.
Satyagraha focuses on the power of truth and the imperative to seek
it.
Gandhi advocates non-violence as a means to unite all Indians and
achieve victory.
1917: Gandhi travels to Champaran, Bihar, inspiring peasants to resist
the oppressive plantation system.
Same year: Organizes satyagraha in Kheda, Gujarat, supporting
peasants in their struggle.
1918: Gandhi leads a satyagraha movement among cotton mill workers in
Ahmedabad.
Indian workers in South
Africa march through Volksrust, 6
November 1913.
Mahatma Gandhi was leading the
workers from Newcastle to
Transvaal. When the marchers were
stopped and Gandhiji arrested,
thousands of more workers joined
the satyagraha against racist laws
that denied rights to non-whites.
