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What was the effect of the split between the two wings of the Congress on the National Movement?
2ⁿᵈ Phase of INM
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The split in the Congress was unfortunate because it gave an opportunity to the British to exploit the situation to their advantage.
- They adopted a policy of 'concession and repression' — concession for the Early Nationalists as well as the Muslims and repression to the Assertive Nationalists.
- The Surat Split weakened the national movement.
- The Early Nationalists, however, were largely able to capture the Congress organisation and in the Allahabad convention, held in April 1908, the split was formalised.
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