Home Rule Movement

Ireland in the
Making

BackgroundHome Rule
Movement

July 1908 Tilak goes to Jail on Sedition Charges

June 1914 Tilak Comes out of Jail
Different political situation while going
& coming
Swadeshi movement Nationalism on
its peak
Tries to enter congress, but was stopped
by the moderate faction
Simultaneously, new
leadership was emerging

Itna
Swaraj....
Congress
sannata
.
kyun...hai
bhai..!

BackgroundHome Rule
Movement
Annie

Include
Tilak in
congress

Besant
Came to India as volunteer
for Theosophical society of
India
Later on started political
work by propagating Home
Rule on Irish Home rule
league
She advocated to the
moderates to revive their
decision & allow Tilak to be
a member

Madam Balvatsky & Colonel

Olcott

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Dec 1914 Congress session @ Madras

No entry for Tilak into congress due to opposition from
Pherozshah Mehta & other leaders
Constructive work done by both Tilak & Besant in the
background
Jab tak jodenge
Include
Tilak in
congress

Not
possible..
.!

nahi tab tak

chodenge
nahi....Congress...

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Dec 1915 Session @ Bombay
Entry of Tilak, Annie Besant into congress
But the demand for home rule was not accepted by
congress initially
It was decided that congress would pass a resolution on
home rule in a stipulated time
If that is not passed on time, then Tilak & Annie besant
can start the home rule movement on their own
The Congress does not endorses the resolution on Home
rule as a result, Tilak and Annie Besant started their
Home rule leagues.

Home Rule Movement

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Home rule league set up in April 1916
Maharashtra (excluding Bombay
city), Karnataka, Central Provinces
and
Berar
Demands
included
Swarajya
Formation of linguistic states
education in the vernacular languages

Complete Swaraj
nahi chaiye....bas
Ireland wala
chalega bhai...!

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Annie Besant
launched a campaign to demand self
government for India after the war on the
lines of white colonies
Campaigned through her newspapers
New India
Common
Weal
public meetings and
conferences
Sept 1916 Set up Home Rule league by George
Arundale in Madras Province
Area- Bombay & Rest of India (Other than Tilaks)

Home
rule

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Q. What was the method?

aimed to convey to the common man the message of
Home Rule as self-government
How to achieve this aim?
by promoting political education and discussion through
public
meetings

holding
conferences

organising libraries and reading rooms containing books

on national
propaganda
through newspapers, pamphlets, posters,
politics
illustrated post-cards, plays, religious songs

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Q. Other leaders who joined this movement?
Motilal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bhulabhai Desai
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Chittaranjan Das

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Mohammad Ali jinnah

Lala Lajpat Rai

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Lathi
charge...
!!

Q. Government Attitude?
Severe repression
Students were prohibited from attending
political meetings

e was instituted against Tilak on his birthday

June 1917, Annie Besant and her
associates, B.P. Wadia and George
Arundale, were arrested

Aaj
se...sir..
Ka title
nahi

Sir S. Subramaniya Aiyar renounced his knighthood

Huge public movement....!!!!!

"Shiva cut his wife into

fifty-two pieces only to
discover that he had
fifty-two wives. This is
Government Attitude
what happens to the
June 1917, Annie Besant and her associates,
B.P. of
Wadia
Government
India
when it interns Mrs
and George Arundale, were arrested
Besant.-

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Government released Besant in September 1917

Becomes Congress President in December 1917
By 1919, the movement witnesses end
Lord Montagu

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Q. Why the Agitation Faded Out by 1919?
lack of effective
Tilak Passive
organisation
Resistance
Moderates Pacified by talk of reforms (Montagu's
statement of
August
1917)
Montagu-Chelmsford
reforms which became known in July
1918 further divided the nationalist ranks
Ab mein
kya
karu....!

No more
andolan....

Passive Resistance
Chalu rakho

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Q. Why the Agitation Faded Out by 1919?
Tilak had to go abroad (September 1918) in connection
Aata hoon...thod
Ab mein kya
with a case
kaam
karu....!

hain....England
mein

Annie Besant vacillated over her response to the reforms

and the techniques of passive resistance

e movement was left leaderless

Government of India Act of 1919

Also known as Montagu-Chelmsford
Reforms
1. Demarcation of the central
and provincial subjects
Central Legislature Central List
Provincial Legislature Provincial List

Government of India Act of 1919

Dual scheme of governance started Dyarchy in
Provinces
Provincial subjects
Transferred

Reserved

Who makes laws?

Transferred subjects Governor with the aid of ministers
responsible to the legislative Council
Reserved subjects, Governor and his executive council
without being responsible to the legislative Council

Government of India Act of 1919

3.Bicameralism and direct elections in the country
Indian Legislative Council
Upper House (Council of State) and a Lower House
(Legislative Assembly)

Welcom
e..to
the
gang

4. 3/6 of the Viceroys executive Council

Indian

Communal representation Sikhs, Indian Christians,

Anglo-Indians and Europeans

Government of India Act of 1919

Communal representation Sikhs, Indian Christians,
Anglo-Indians and Europeans
Separate Electorates Only Muslims can vote for
Muslims, Introduced through Morley Minto Reforms (1909)

Samiullah- Candidate
from Dacca

Government of India Act of 1919

5.Office of the High Commissioner for India in London

ablishment of a public service commission

Appointment of a statutory commission to inquire into and
report on its
10 years ke
working after ten years of its coming into force baad ek
commission
bhenge

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Q. Assessment?
Positives
1.Established link between the town the country
2.Shifitng of movement
Initially, Only Educated classes were participating
Now, masses were participating

3.This mass of people got trained for Gandhian style of

politics
4. Lucknow Pact

UPSC Prelims-2013
Q. Annie Besant was
1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule
Movement
2. The founder of the Theosophical Society
Balvatsky &
Olcott

3. The president of the Indian National

Congress
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
Answer:
(c) Both 1 and
C
3
(d) All of
these

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Lucknow Session of Congress
1916
Q. What is the importance of this session?
readmitted the Extremists led by Tilak to the Congress
fold
Lucnow Pact between Congress and Muslim League
Mr. Jinnah...u are
ambassador of
Hindu-Muslim unity

Ab shoes mat
phenkna...!!

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Lucnow
Pact
The Muslim League + Congress= joint constitutional
demands
The Congress accepted the Muslim
League's position on separate
electorate

We accept
separate
electorates

AC Mazumdar

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Q. Assesment-Lucnow
Pact?
Negative
Did congress committed a
Fallout??
mistake?
The acceptance of the principle of separate electorates

Implied Muslim league & Congress are two separate

political entitites
Hence,Two-Nation theory
Hindu-Muslim
Unity???
Not much steps taken

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Positive
No more fear for Minorities that Hindus would rule over
them.
Increase in Peoples zeal....

Thank You.