Unit 3 of History (syllabus: Module III — the founding of the Congress and the Moderate and Extremist phases; the Morley-Minto, Montagu-Chelmsford and 1935 reforms; and the Gandhian mass movements). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Why was the Indian National Congress founded in 1885, and what did the Moderates ask for?
- How did the Extremists split from the Moderates, and what did the partition of Bengal do for the Congress?
- What were the Minto-Morley reforms, and why did they fail?
- Did the separate electorates of 1909 cause Partition?
- What was dyarchy, and why did it fail?
- What were the consequences of the Act of 1919 outside the statute?
- Why was the Simon Commission boycotted, and what did the Nehru Committee answer it with?
- What did the Government of India Act 1935 establish, and which parts of it worked?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Indian Councils Act 1909, s. The separate Muslim constituency