RG ST 19 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bhagat Singh, Bengali Hindus, Ilbert Bill
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: cow protection movements in northern india turned nationalist: created a movement across south asia around a singular political nation, echoing the 1857 - 59 revolt. Reactions to political hindu identity: under colonial conditions, particular differences in religious and caste identities were codified. 1911 - 1930: political developments: 1915: world war i, colonial militaries, and anti-british activism around nationality emerges globally and m. k. Gandhi joins the indian national congress: 1921, 1930: non co-operation and civil disobedience movements define mainstream nationalism under the indian national congress, 1922: the campaign to end indian indentured labor succeeds globally in the caribbean, south. Homogenizing indian muslim identity: late 19th century: elite muslim educationists like sayyid ahmed khan stressed the role of. Muslims as a quam, understood not as social group but political identity, responsible for its own upliftment and reform: 1919, 24: britain was forced to provide partial representation in local elected bodies. Fears of a powerful central government against smaller states congealed.
