History & Civics
How did the Early Nationalists and the Assertive/Radical Nationalists differ in the following fields?
(a) Their political goals
(b) Attitude towards the British rule
(c) Their method of work
2ⁿᵈ Phase of INM
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(a) The difference between Early Nationalists and Assertive Nationalists with respect to their political goals are given below:
| Early Nationalists | Assertive Nationalists |
|---|---|
| They wanted Self-Government and strove for autonomy within the British Empire. | They aimed at Poorna Swaraj or complete freedom which they thought was remedy for all ills. |
(b) The difference between Early Nationalists and Assertive Nationalists with respect to their attitude towards the British rule:
| Early Nationalists | Assertive Nationalists |
|---|---|
| They were loyal to the British Rule and English Crown. They considered British rule a boon for India. | They were not loyal to the British Rule and wanted to uproot it from India. |
| They had full faith in the British sense of justice and fair play. | They had no faith in British sense of justice and fair play. |
(c) The difference between Early Nationalists and Assertive Nationalists with respect to their method of work are given below:
| Early Nationalists | Assertive Nationalists |
|---|---|
| They adopted constitutional and peaceful methods to achieve their objectives. | They believed in breaking the hold of the British imperialism by revolutionary methods. |
| They held meetings, delivered speeches, passed resolutions and submitted appeals and petitions to the government to project their demands. | They believed in launching political agitations, making people self-reliant by national awakening. They opposed policy of political beggary and favoured policy of active resistance. |
| Early Nationalists had full faith in policy of cooperation. | The Radicals believed in non-cooperation, adopted programme of boycott against foreign goods, propagation of Swadeshi and a system of national education. |
| Early Nationalists were in favour of British institutions, ideals and literature. | They believed in supremacy of Indian culture and civilisation, religion and traditions. They wanted to reconstruct Indian society on those models. |
| They had no contact with the masses. Their success depended on the good-will of the Englishmen. | Under their leadership, the movement derived strength from the masses. They believed the people of India were the masters of their destiny. |
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