PPT: History Till 1934 | Crash Course for UPSC Aspirants PDF Download

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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Formation of Congress and its evolution
? Acts – 1891, 1919
? Subsequent Viceroys.
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Formation of Congress and its evolution
? Acts – 1891, 1919
? Subsequent Viceroys.
LORD READING (1921 – 1926)
Gaya session - Dec. 1922 - C.R. Das
? The ‘no-changers’, led by C. Rajagopalachari and Rajendra Prasad,
defeated the ‘pro-changers’. Thus, establishment for Swarajya Party
by pro changers under C.R. Das
Kakinada Session - Dec. 1923 - Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar
? Separation of Khilafat leader from Congress following the Communal
riots due to withdrawal of NCM. Growth of Tabligh and Tanzims in
Muslims.
Belgaum session - Dec. 1924 - Mahatma Gandhi - It was the first and only
session when Gandhi was President. Madan Mohan Malaviya was elected
as President of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Kanpur Session - Dec. 1925 - Sarojini Naidu - First Indian Woman
President.
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Formation of Congress and its evolution
? Acts – 1891, 1919
? Subsequent Viceroys.
LORD READING (1921 – 1926)
Gaya session - Dec. 1922 - C.R. Das
? The ‘no-changers’, led by C. Rajagopalachari and Rajendra Prasad,
defeated the ‘pro-changers’. Thus, establishment for Swarajya Party
by pro changers under C.R. Das
Kakinada Session - Dec. 1923 - Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar
? Separation of Khilafat leader from Congress following the Communal
riots due to withdrawal of NCM. Growth of Tabligh and Tanzims in
Muslims.
Belgaum session - Dec. 1924 - Mahatma Gandhi - It was the first and only
session when Gandhi was President. Madan Mohan Malaviya was elected
as President of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Kanpur Session - Dec. 1925 - Sarojini Naidu - First Indian Woman
President.
Important movements 
in the intervening period
? Nagpur Flag satyagraha – mid-1923 against a local order banning
the use of the Congress flag.
? At Borsad in Khera district (Gujarat) there was a successful
Gandhian satyagraha against the imposition of a poll tax on every
adult to pay for police reinforcements required to suppress a wave of
dacoities.
? The Vaikom Satyagraha in Travancore was led by the Ezhava
Congress leader T.K. Madhavan in 1924-25, demanding temple entry
for the untouchables.
Page 5


On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Formation of Congress and its evolution
? Acts – 1891, 1919
? Subsequent Viceroys.
LORD READING (1921 – 1926)
Gaya session - Dec. 1922 - C.R. Das
? The ‘no-changers’, led by C. Rajagopalachari and Rajendra Prasad,
defeated the ‘pro-changers’. Thus, establishment for Swarajya Party
by pro changers under C.R. Das
Kakinada Session - Dec. 1923 - Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar
? Separation of Khilafat leader from Congress following the Communal
riots due to withdrawal of NCM. Growth of Tabligh and Tanzims in
Muslims.
Belgaum session - Dec. 1924 - Mahatma Gandhi - It was the first and only
session when Gandhi was President. Madan Mohan Malaviya was elected
as President of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Kanpur Session - Dec. 1925 - Sarojini Naidu - First Indian Woman
President.
Important movements 
in the intervening period
? Nagpur Flag satyagraha – mid-1923 against a local order banning
the use of the Congress flag.
? At Borsad in Khera district (Gujarat) there was a successful
Gandhian satyagraha against the imposition of a poll tax on every
adult to pay for police reinforcements required to suppress a wave of
dacoities.
? The Vaikom Satyagraha in Travancore was led by the Ezhava
Congress leader T.K. Madhavan in 1924-25, demanding temple entry
for the untouchables.
THE LEFT MOVEMENT 
? Manabendra Nath Roy (actual name Narendranath Bhattacharya) visited Russia and 
came in contact with the Russian Communist party. 
? He also attended the Second Communist International held in Moscow in July-August 
1920 and shortly after he founded the Communist Party of India in Tashkent in 
October 1920. 
? In December 1925, Satyabhakta organized an All-India Conference of the 
Communists at Kanpur. This Conference met under the Presidency of Singaravelu
Chettiar, a Communist leader from Madras. The convening of this Conference is 
regarded as the formal beginning of the Communist Party of India in 1925. 
? The All-India Trade Union Congress held its first session in Bombay in October 1920, 
under the presidentship of Lala Laipat Rai. 
? Peshawar Conspiracy Case 1923 - Many Muslims from Peshawar went to Moscow 
and started getting training related to Military and Communist regimes. When they 
returned to create disturbances, the Government caught them on the way and trialed 
them. Many of them were sentenced to long imprisonment. 
? Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case 1924 - Some newly turned communists were 
caught by the Government and were trailed for conspiring against the Government. 
? This case, brought the communists in the lime light and was responsible for 
introduction of Communism to the Indian Public.