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Class 12 History Notes Chapter 13

Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist

Movement Civil Disobedience and

Beyond

February 18, 2017 by Bhagya

Class 12 History Notes Chapter 13 Mahatma

Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement Civil

Disobedience and Beyond

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar on 2nd October, 1869.
• Gandhiji left for South Africa as a barrister to argue a case in 1893.
• Gandhiji returned from South Africa in Jan, 1915.
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale- The political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi
• Peasant Movement in Bardoli-1928
• BHU stands for-Benaras Hindu University
• Khilafat Movement-1920
• Peasant Movement in Bardoli-1928
• Resolution of Pooma Swaraj passed in Congress Session in Lahore on 26th Jan,
1930
• Civil Disobedience Movement begins- March-April 1930
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed- March 1931
• Second Round Table Conference held in London-Dee 1930
• Government of India Act promulagated -1935
• Provincial Government formed by Congress in some provinces-193 7
• Second World War broke out- Sep 1939
• Congress Provincial Governments resign- 1939
• Quit India Movement begins- Aug 1942
• India becomes independent- 15th Aug 1947
• In 1905, Bengal, the biggest province of British India and included Bihar and some
parts of Orissa, was partitioned by Viceroy Curzon. It enraged people all over
India. Both the Moderates and the Radicals unitedly oppressed the British action.
This led to the birth of the Swadeshi Movement, which boycotted British
institutions and goods.
• An important development came in 1906 with the formation of the All India Muslim
League at Dacca. The founder members of the League were Muslim landlords