Study Guide · Chapter 16
Mnemonic Index
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Every "Memory hook" and "Mnemonic" callout in this book, gathered in one place for quick pre-exam review. Use this table itself as a recall drill: cover the right-hand column, say what each hook is for, then check.
| # | Hook name | Core phrase / image | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven phases, one sentence | "Reform and Revolt came before Requests…" | The whole phase-by-phase chronology |
| 2 | Early revolts in order | "Sanyasi Visits Paika's Kol-hut, Santhal-style" | Vellore, Sanyasi, Paika, Kol, Santhal Rebellion |
| 3 | Reform founders in order | "Roy Reformed, Debendranath Deepened, Dayanand Defied…" | Brahmo → Arya Samaj → Ramakrishna Mission → Aligarh |
| 4 | The 1875 triple-founding story | "Vedas, Varsity, Visions — all in 1875" | Arya Samaj, Aligarh/MAO College, Theosophical Society |
| 5 | Lal-Bal-Pal, name to region | "Lal is Land, Bal is Bombay-side, Pal is Presidency" | Lajpat Rai, Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal — regions |
| 6 | Gandhi's three test runs, "CKA" | "Crop, Kisan, Karkhana" | Champaran → Kheda → Ahmedabad Mill Strike |
| 7 | 1927–1929 in five beats, "SNSAL" | "Simon Never Sat Around Long" | Simon Commission → Nehru Report → Saunders → Assembly bomb → Lahore session |
| 8 | Round Table Conferences | "Away, Arrive, Away" | Congress's attendance pattern, RTC 1/2/3 |
| 9 | Three Government of India Acts | "Crown-Divide-Provinces" | GoI Acts of 1858, 1919, 1935 |
| 10 | Revolutionary organisations, one chain story | Anushilan → Jugantar → Ghadar → HRA → HSRA → Chittagong | The Bengal/Ghadar/HRA-HSRA revolutionary lineage |
| 11 | Bose's arc, the six F's | "Form–Flee–Found–Fight–Fall–Feted" | Forward Bloc to the INA trials, 1939–1945 |
| 12 | Revolutionary hangings to remember | Kakori (Hindu+Muslim, 1927); Lahore (three together, 1931) | Bismil & Ashfaqulla; Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev |
| 13 | Women presidents of Congress | "Besant Before Naidu" | First woman vs first Indian woman Congress president |
| 14 | Women of 1857 vs 1942, a rhyme | "Rani and Begum… Aruna and Matangini…" | Lakshmibai, Hazrat Mahal, Asaf Ali, Hazra |
| 15 | Congress presidents who were "firsts" | "Bonnerjee Began, Tyabji joined The faith, Besant Brought…" | Bonnerjee, Tyabji, Besant, Naidu, Azad |
| 16 | One organisation per decade | Skeleton timeline, 1820s–1940s | The full Organisations at a Glance table |
| 17 | Pacts that paused a movement | "Irwin's Pact Paused the March; Poona's Pact Paused the Fast" | Gandhi-Irwin Pact vs Poona Pact |
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