Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, became the first and only Indian Governor-General of independent India. He succeeded Lord Mountbatten in June 1948. A brilliant lawyer, statesman and writer, he held the position until January 26, 1950, when India officially ...
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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 ...
The second split in the Indian National Congress occurred at a special session held in Mumbai in August 1918. This split happened over the differences regarding the Montagu-Chelmsford reform proposals. Moderate leaders like Surendranath Banerjee supported the reforms, while the ...
Mahatma Gandhi first used the hunger strike as a political tool during the Ahmedabad Mill Workers’ Strike in 1918. The workers were demanding a 35% wage hike (Plague Bonus), which the mill owners refused. To strengthen the workers’ resolve and ...
The Rowlatt Act, officially the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, authorized the British government to detain political activists without trial for up to two years. Popularly called the “Black Law,” it aimed to suppress the rising tide of ...