4. Start of the……….
National Movement in an Organised Way.
Attitude of the Government.
The Moderates.(AD 1885-
1905)
Demands of the Moderates.
Methods Of the Moderates.
Contribution of the
Moderates.
In 1885,with the foundation of the
congress,Indias freedom struggle was
started in and organised manner.
Pherozeshah mehta,Surendernath
Banerji,Gopal Gokhale were some
presidents of Congress from 1885-1905.
Methods and the demands of the Congress
during the early phase were
moderate.Constitutional and peaceful
methods were adopted to achieve its aims
5. Attitude of the Government.
o The attitude of the government wwaass ffrriieennddllyy iinn tthhee
bbeeggiinnnniinngg..
o LLoorrdd DDuuffffeerriinn iinnvviitteedd tthhee ddeelleeggaatteess ooff tthhee NNaattiioonnaall
CCoonnggrreessss iinn aa ppaarrttyy iinn CCaallccuuttttaa iinn DDeecceemmbbeerr 11888866..
o TThhiiss oorraaggnniissaattiioonn wwoouulldd ttrryy ttoo kknnooww tthhee wwiisshheess ooff tthhee
ppeeooppllee aanndd hheellpp tthhee aauutthhoorriittiieess iinn tthhee aaddmmiinniissttrraattiioonn..
o TThhee CCoonnggrreessss bbeeggaann ttoo aasskk ffoorr mmoorree rreeffoorrmmss aass tthhee ttiimmee
ppaasssseedd..
o TThhiiss ttiimmee tthhee aattttiittuuddee ooff tthhee ggoovveerrnnmmeenntt bbeeccaammee bbeeccaammee
UUnnffrriieennddllyy..
o TThheeyy uusseedd tthhee DDIIVVIIDDEE AANNDD RRUULLEE ppoolliiccyy ttoo ccrraattee aa gguullff
bbeettwweeeenn tthhee hhiinndduuss aanndd mmuusslliimmss aanndd ttoo cchheecckk tthhee ggrroowwtthh
ooff tthhee NNaattiioonnaall MMoovveemmeenntt
6. The Moderates.(AD 1885-1905)
• The congress was led and controlled by the moderate
nationalist during the from 1885 to 1905.
• Dadabhai Naroji,Surendranath Benerji ,Pherozeshah
Mehta,Gopal Gokhale and more were the famous Moderates.
• They were famous for their simple demands and they used
constitutional and peaceful methods to realise them.
7. Demands of the Moderates.
• The desire of the government was that,the
government should introduce a member of reforms.
• They wanted large share in government and
expansion and reforms in the Legislative Council.
• They demande the Ams Act to be repealed,executive
should be seperated from the judiciary and Indians
should be appointed at Higher Posts.
• Abolition of Tax,development of Modern Industries
and more were their main demands.
• Education,irrigation,medicsl snd Health fscilities were
their other demands from the government.
• They wanted Swaraj within the British Rule.
8. Methods Of the Moderates.
They had a great faith in peaceful and constitutional agitation.
They used press and annual sessions for their
propaganda.
They organised meetings, speeches,
resolutions and positions for the Public
Opinion and Placed their Demands.
9. Contribution of the Moderates.
The policy and programme of the moderates were
critisised by some people.
Their efforts towards the progress of the National
movement can’t be ignored.Their contribution in
organising public opinion and replacing the demands of
the people before the government,cannot be ignored.
National consciouseness was created by them for the
Indians and they tried to unite the people.
Useful work like National awaking,political education and
unification of Indians was done for them.
10. ADMINISTRATIVE CAUSES
ALIEN RULE
BRITISH JUDICIAL RULE
INDIANS WERE EXCLUDED FROM HIGH POSTS
LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
11. ALIEN RULE
• India was ruled by administrators thousands ofmiles away in
London.
• They were ignorant about the beliefs and customs of India.
• As a result they could neither establish proximity with the
Indian masses nor could they win their hearts
12. BRITISH JUDICIAL SYSTEM
• The new judicial system introduced by the British was
improper and partial.
• Rich and resourceful people were able to manipulate
judgements in their favour.
• It led to dissatisfaction among the common man.
13. INDIANS WERE EXCLUDED FROM HIGH POSTS
• Indians were not given high posts in civil services and
military.
• The highest rank in military was that of a Subedar while in
Civil Services, they got promoted only to the post of ‘Srdar
Amin’.
• This turned the Indians against the British.
