Question

The conflict between the two sections of the Congress came to surface in its Session in $1906$ at Calcutta. In this context explain the following:
State any four methods that they advocated for the achievement of their aims.

Answer 1

(i) They believed that Indians themselves must work out their own salvation and make the effort to rise from their degraded position.

(ii) They declared that great sacrifices and sufferings were needed for this task. Their speeches, writings, and political work were full of boldness and self-confidence and they considered no personal sacrifice too great for the good of their country.

(iii) They denied that India could progress under the “benevolent guidance” and control of the English. They deeply hated foreign rule, and they

declared in a clear-cut manner that Swaraj or independence was the goal of the national movement.

(iv) They had deep faith in the strength of the masses and they planned to achieve Swaraj through mass action. They, therefore, pressed for political work among the masses and for direct political action by the masses.