Brilliant Academy of Learning

Modern India(INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT) (FROM ESTABLISHMENT OF Indian National Congress to Partition of India) BY BRILLIANT ACADEMY OF LEARNING VERY IMPORTANT FOR GENERAL COMPETITIONS The Indian National Congress: • Formed in 1885 by A.O.Hume, an Englishman and a retired civil servant. • First session in Bombay under W.C.Banerjee in 1885 (72 delegates attended it). • In the first two decades (1885 – 1905), quite moderate in its approach and confided in British justice and generosity. • But the repressive measures of the British gave rise to extremists within Congress like Bipin Chandra Pal, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai (Lal, Bal, Pal). Partition of Bengal: • By Lord Curzon on Oct 16, 1905, through a royal Proclamation, reducing the old province of Bengal in size by creating East Bengal and Assam out of rest of Bengal. • The objective was to set up a communal gulf between Hindus and Muslims. • A mighty upsurge swept the country against the partition. Natio...