Second Phase of the Indian National Movement

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Second Phase (1907-1916)

• Leaders wanted strong methods of fighting
• Follow mass movement and aggressive agitation

Partition of Bengal (1905)

• Lord Curzon's Partition of Bengal: Making Hindu Bengalis a minority
• Bengal included Bihar, Orissa, Chota Nagpur, and some remote areas
• Divided into two parts: Green (East Bengal and Assam - Muslim majority) and Red (Bengal proper - Hindu majority)
• 16 October 1905: Black Day
• Fraudulent excuse of administrative density
• Motive: To break the spirit of nationalism, divide and rule policy

Anti-Partition Movement

• Mass movement: All sections of society (landlords, lawyers, students, women) involved
• 16 October: National mourning and fasting
• Slogans of Vande Mataram, maintaining unity
• Effect: Nationalism was further ignited
• Partition revoked in 1911, capital shifted to Delhi
• Resurgence of justice

Surat Split (1907)

• Assertive nationalists wanted to expand the Swadeshi and boycott movement
• Dispute over making Lala Lajpat Rai the president
• Result: Division of the Congress

Assertive Nationalists

• Leaders: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal (Lal-Bal-Pal)
• Demand for complete Swaraj
• Method: Mass movement, Swadeshi and boycott
• Revivalism: Remembrance of India’s greatness
• Spirit of personal sacrifice
• Preparing Lathi clubs and Akhada

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it
• Revived Ganapati festival and Shivaji festival
• Established the Home Rule League
• Wrote Geeta Rahasya and Arctic Home of the Vedas in jail

Bipin Chandra Pal

• Father of revolutionary thought
• Supported national education
• Social reforms: Caste eradication, widow remarriage, women education

Lala Lajpat Rai

• First President of the Indian Trade Congress
• Young India magazine (in America)
• Formation of Gadar Party
• Last words: Every lathi blow on my body will prove to be a nail in the coffin of the British Empire
• Formation of Servants of People Society

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