Chauri-Chaura is a town located in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. It gained historical prominence on February 4, 1922, when a group of demonstrators participating in the Non-Cooperation Movement clashed with police. The incident turned violent, resulting in the ...
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The Swaraj Party (formally the Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party) was founded in Allahabad in January 1923. It was formed following the Gaya session of the Congress, where C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru’s proposal for “Council Entry” was defeated. They established the ...
The August 1917 Declaration, also known as the Montagu Declaration, was a statement by the Secretary of State, Edwin Montagu. It declared that the British policy was the “increasing association of Indians in every branch of administration” and the “gradual ...
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari presided over the All Parties Conference held in Lucknow in August 1928, where the Nehru Report was formally presented and discussed. While the report itself was drafted by a committee chaired by Motilal Nehru, Dr. Ansari’s ...
Jawaharlal Nehru wrote The Discovery of India during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort (1942–1945). The book provides a panoramic view of India’s history, culture and philosophy from the Indus Valley Civilization to the British Raj. It was written to help ...