B.A. FIRST YEAR NATIONALISM IN INDIA UNIT 3 CHAPTER- 4 NATIONALIST POLITICS AND EXPANSION OF THE SOCIAL BASE NOTES

After 1800, Groups Of Nationalist Impact And Leaders And Groups Began To Emerge Who Started Thinking In Term Of An Indian Nation  Self Ruled By The Indian People Themselves

Rise Of Indian National Congress

In 1875 The Indian Association Founded By Surendra Nath Banerjee Was The First Organisation Representative Of The Educated Middle Class In Opposition To The Domination Of The Big Landowners Branches The Indian National Union Was Founded In 1885 By A. O. Hume Who was An Ex-serviceman Of The British And A Resident Of Scotland. On 28 December 1885, The First Session Of The Indian National Congress Took Place At The Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit School In Bombay, In Which Dada Bhai Naoroji Changed The Name From The Indian National Union To The Indian National Congress. womesh Chandra Banerjee( w.c. Banerjee ) Was The First President Of This Session Who Was The Advocate Of Kolkata High Court. The First Session Was Attended By 72 Members.

Aims and objectives of the Indian National Congress

To build the cooperation and awareness of all citizens of India. Demand to the British government to participate in the governance of Indians. To give equal opportunity to Indians in Big government jobs like civil services To Formulate Policies In The Interest Of India To Build National Unity By Eliminating Ethnicity, Provincial And Religious Differences.To Decide The Schedule For The Next Year. Freedom Of Press And Freedom Of Speech

THE PARTITION OF BENGAL

Partition of Bengal Lord Curzon of the British Government, who was the Viceroy of India at the time, proposed the partition of Bengal in July 1905, and on 16 October 1905, Bengal was partitioned into which East Bengal and West Bengal were created East Bengal was Muslim dominated area and West Bengal was a Hindu dominated area For The Partition Of Bengal, The British Argued That The  Geographical Position Of Bengal Is Very High, That Is Why Bengal Is Not Developing Hence The Partition Of Bengal Will Have To Be Done But For The Partition Of Bengal, The British Had A Different  Purpose And Purpose Of Hindu Muslim. 

Dissolve Unity And Divide And Ruled A Policy Of Governance When Lord Curzon, Then Viceroy Of India, Announced The Partition Of Bengal In July 1905 Indian National Congress, Initiated Swadeshi  Movement In Bengal. Swadeshi Movement Was Launched As A Protest Movement Which Also Gave A  Lead To The Boycott Movement In The Country. 

The Main Leaders Of Swadeshi Movement Was Lala Lajpat Rai Bipin Chand Pal Bal Gangadhar Tilak Their Big Contribution To Spread This Movement In All Over India Above 1 Crore People Of India Participate In This Moment The Swadeshi Movement Gradually Spread Throughout India, In Which The Indian Public Boycotted The Goods From The British, It Had Such An Effect That In 1911 The British Government Had To Withdraw The Bengal Partition Act.