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The Indian freedom struggle in depth — from the Revolt of 1857 through Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India, the INA and Independence — with movement-by-movement tables, quick-revision boxes and one-liners for SSC and RRB General Awareness.
Chapters
1Overview & How to Use These Notes21. EARLY RESISTANCE TO BRITISH RULE (BEFORE 1857)32. THE REVOLT OF 1857 (GREAT REBELLION / FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE)43. FORMATION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS & THE MODERATE PHASE (1885–1905)54. PARTITION OF BENGAL (1905) & THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT65. RISE OF EXTREMISTS & THE SURAT SPLIT (1907)76. REVOLUTIONARY / MILITANT NATIONALISM87. HOME RULE MOVEMENT (1916)98. LUCKNOW PACT (1916)109. GANDHIAN ERA BEGINS: EARLY SATYAGRAHAS (1917–1918)1110. ROWLATT ACT, ROWLATT SATYAGRAHA & JALLIANWALA BAGH (1919)1211. KHILAFAT MOVEMENT & NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT (1919–1922)1312. SWARAJ PARTY (1923)1413. SIMON COMMISSION (1928) AND ITS BOYCOTT1514. NEHRU REPORT (1928)1615. PURNA SWARAJ DECLARATION (1929) — LAHORE SESSION1716. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT (1930–1934)1817. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935 — CONTEXT & PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS 19371918. INDIVIDUAL SATYAGRAHA (1940–41)2019. CRIPPS MISSION (1942) AND ITS REJECTION2120. QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT (1942)2221. INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY (INA) & SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE2322. POST-WAR UPSURGE (1945–1947)2423. MOUNTBATTEN PLAN & PARTITION (1947)2524. ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT2625. ROLE OF PEASANTS AND WORKERS IN THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT2726. KEY NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE28IMPORTANT ONE-LINERS FOR QUICK REVISION29PRACTICE MCQ POINTERS