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Objectives of Indian National Congress.
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Solution
- The Indian National Congress, started in 1885 by A.O. Hume, was mainly to use the organization as an intermediary to discuss Indian social matters. The very leaders, Dadabai Naoroji, Surendra Banerjee, Gopalakrishna, Ghokale, etc., guided it well.
- The Jallianwalka Bhag massacre in 1918 created the anger against British rule. After that incident, two developments happened. Two groups within Congress, Extremists and Moderates, developed. Lala Lajpat Rai, Vipin Chandra Paul, and Bala Gangadhar Tilak got identified with extremists. Mahatma Gandhi was in the line of moderates. satyagraha, or ahimsa, became the main bullets under M.K. Gandhi to drive the British out.
- The non-cooperation movement of 1920 initiated by INC was a great success. The Congress leaders Shoukat Ali and Shoukat Ali burnt a police station in a remote place in UP in revenge for police excess. This movement was the greatest one that happened before independence in INC.
- India supported Britain in World War II, which helped in gaining independence. The discussions were carried out by the INC with the British. India achieved independence after a great struggle in 1947. Also, the British realized that any more extension would affect them more. Hence they gave India freedom.
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