The Communist Party of India (CPI) was formally established on Indian soil in 1921 (though its first foundation occurred in Tashkent in 1920). Influenced by the Russian Revolution, leaders like M.N. Roy aimed to organize workers and peasants for a ...
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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, while heading to a prayer meeting at Birla House in New Delhi. He was shot at close range by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist who disagreed with Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence and ...
The Cripps Mission failed primarily because it offered “Dominion Status” with the right to secede for provinces, which the Congress viewed as a blueprint for the “Balkanization” of India. Sir Stafford Cripps adopted a rigid “take-it-or-leave-it” stance, refusing to grant ...
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 ...
RC Dutt (Romesh Chunder Dutt) was a civil servant and historian known for his work on Indian economic history, but he was not associated with the Azad Hind Fauj. The other options—General Mohan Singh (founder), Gurdial Singh Dhillon and Shah ...