One-liners — Nationalism in India
Chapter 2 · Class 10 History
Key Facts (20) — One-liner Revision
Mentor-curated facts for last-mile revision. Each line is exam-grade — dates, names, and turning points you can quickly memorise.
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Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in January 1915 and tested satyagraha at Champaran in 1917.
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The Census of 1921 records that 12-13 million Indians died from famine and the influenza epidemic of 1918-21.
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The Rowlatt Act of 1919 allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for up to two years.
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The all-India hartal against the Rowlatt Act was observed on 6 April 1919.
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Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar; General Dyer ordered the firing.
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The Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919; the Ali brothers were Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali.
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Non-Cooperation was endorsed at Calcutta in September 1920 and formally adopted at the Nagpur Congress in December 1920.
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The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement began in January 1921 and was withdrawn after Chauri Chaura in February 1922.
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Foreign cloth imports halved from Rs 102 crore to Rs 57 crore between 1921 and 1922.
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The Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up in October 1920 by Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Ramchandra and others.
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Alluri Sitaram Raju led the Gudem Hills tribal revolt in Andhra and was executed in 1924.
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The Inland Emigration Act of 1859 prevented Assam plantation workers from leaving the tea gardens without permission.
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The Simon Commission, with no Indian member, arrived in India in 1928 and was met with 'Go back Simon'.
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The Lahore Congress of December 1929, under Jawaharlal Nehru, adopted the Purna Swaraj resolution.
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The Dandi Salt March began on 12 March 1930 from Sabarmati and ended on 6 April 1930 with 78 volunteers covering 240 miles.
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About 100,000 people were arrested during the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.
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The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 5 March 1931, leading to Gandhi's attendance at the Second Round Table Conference in December 1931.
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FICCI was founded in 1927; G.D. Birla and Purshottamdas Thakurdas led industrial backing for Civil Disobedience.
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Dr B.R. Ambedkar founded the Depressed Classes Association in 1930; the Poona Pact was signed in September 1932.
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote 'Vande Mataram' in the 1870s; Abanindranath Tagore painted Bharat Mata in 1905.