Question

Answer the following question briefly:

With reference to the rise of the assertive nationalists within the congress, discuss: 

How the methods of the assertive nationalists differed from those of the early nationalists? 

Answer 1

The early nationalists had great faith in the sense of justice and fair play of the British. So they adopted peaceful and constitutional methods. They presented their grievances to the government and waited patiently for the government to pass laws to remove those grievances. They believed that the government would gradually give in to their demands. They promoted unity, spread political awareness among the people, and built up a strong public opinion through meetings, lectures, and the press. But the assertive nationalists, on the other hand, had no faith in the constitutional methods followed by the early nationalists. Twenty years of prayers, petitions, appeals and resolutions, and representations had failed to yield any concrete results,