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SAI International School
Session-2020-21
Class- VIII
Subject- History
The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
Sub Topic : The Emergence of Nationalism
NOTES

The Emergence The Emergence of Nationalism:
of Nationalism:
(i)The National movement of India played a significant role in the
independence of the country. India was the people of India- all the people
irrespective of class, colour, caste, creed, language or gender are Indians.

(ii) The awareness of being Indian and that its resources and systems
were meant for all of them led to see the trace nature and role of British in
India.

(iii) The political associations came into being in the 1870s and 1880s.

(iv) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha and many such associations functioned in
specific parts of country their goals were stated as the goals of all the
people of India, not those of any one region.

(v) They worked with the idea that the people should be sovereign – a
modern consciousness and a key feature of nationalism.

(vi) The Arms Act was passed in 1878, disallowing Indians from
possessing arms.

(vii) The Vernacular Act, 1878 which allowed the government to confiscate
the assets of newspapers including their printing presses if the
newspapers published anything that was found ‘objectionable’.

(viii) In 1883 Lord Ripon’s Law Member, Sir Courtenay llbert introduced a
bill called llbert Bill.

(ix) The bill provided for the trail of British or European persons by Indians,
and sought equality between British and Indian judges in the country.

(x) The bill caused widespread agitation among the Whites who strongly
opposed the bill and forced the government to withdraw it.

(xi) The Indian National Congress which was established in 1885 by a
British servant Allan Octavian Hume. It includes 72 delegates from
different parts of the country. The main leaders of the organization were-
DadaBhai Naoroji, W.C. Bannerji, Surendranath Bannerji, Romesh