History & Civics
What was the role of Bipin Chandra Pal in awakening national consciousness in India?
Answer
Bipin Chandra Pal's role in awakening national consciousness in India is summarised below:
- He joined the Congress in 1887.
- At the Chennai Congress in 1887, he made a forceful speech in which he pleaded that the Arms Act should be repealed.
- He participated in several Sessions of the Congress and contributed greatly to the growth of national consciousness in India.
- He was a great journalist. He edited several papers, the most important among them being 'New India' which he started in 1901.
- In an article, he wrote, "individuals are born, individuals die, but the Nation liveth for ever."
- That is how our people were being asked to make great sacrifices for the country.
- Bipin was a marvellous orator. He roused the masses with his oratory.
Related Questions
When and by whom was the Partition of Bengal promulgated?
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
Rabindranath Tagore endorsed the Swadeshi movement through his songs and poems. There was a change in his attitude as noted by Sumit Sarkar in his book, Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. He says: "[From] trying in vain to placate the foreign ruler and talking big in a foreign tongue, he (Tagore) urges volunteers to the villages instead, spreading social and political enlightment in the melas and through magic lantern lectures, and, above all to revive our traditional samaj, channelling all constructive work through it once again."
(a) What was the impact of the Anti-Partition Movement?
(b) How did the people react to the Partition of Bengal?
(c) What was Lord Curzon's argument in favour of the Partition of Bengal? How did the nationalists interpret Lord Curzon's motives?
What do you mean by the terms 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott'?
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal into two provinces apparently on
- social grounds
- administrative grounds
- caste grounds
- political grounds