NATIONALISM IN INDIA

1. Rowlatt act

1.1. This act gave govt. enormous power to repress political activities and allowed detentions of political prisoners with trial for 2 years

1.2. Jallianwala bagh massacre 13 april 1919 , a huge crowd gathered some for fair of basakhi and some for protest but general Dyer took command and openly fired , killing hundreds

2. Simon commission

2.1. •constituted by tory gov of britain to look into the demands of nationalists and suggests chances in the constitutional structure •introduced in 1928 in india •congress protest against this commission

3. Ritu sharma grade Xth

4. The first world war

4.1. The frst world war(1914-1918) created a new countrywide economic and political stress

4.2. The idea of satyagrah introduced

5. Non cooperation movement

5.1. Gandhi ji expressed in his book hind sawaraj that anybody can only control us by our cooperation

5.2. FOR taking hindu's and muslim's together gandhi ji decide to start KHILAFAT MOVEMENT with two muslim brothers shaukat ali and Muhammad ali

5.3. Movement called off bcouz every one interrupted swaraj in their own way which cause voilence

6. The sense of belonging

6.1. The sense of collective belonging Came partly through the experience of untied struggles.

6.2. History,fiction, folklore and songs ,popular acts,prints and symbols..all played a part in making of nationalism in india

6.3. By 1921 gandhi Had designed the swaraj flag. It again a tricolour (red,green and white) and had a spining wheel in the centre

7. Civil disobedience and salt march

7.1. It is different from non cooperation where the indians need to refuse the cooperation but also need to break the colonial laws

7.2. On 6th april , gandhi ji reached dandi and broke the salt law by boiling water and manufacturing salt