Home Rule Movement

Ireland in the Making

BackgroundHome Rule Movement Itna sannata
Swaraj.....
Congress...
kyun hai
July 1908 Tilak goes to Jail on Sedition Charges
bhai..!

June 1914 Tilak Comes out of Jail

Different political situation while going & coming

Swadeshi movement Nationalism on its peak

Tries to enter congress, but was stopped by the

moderate faction

Simultaneously, new leadership was

emerging
BackgroundHome Rule Movement Include Tilak
in congress
Annie Besant

Came to India as volunteer for

Theosophical society of India

Later on started political work by

propagating ‘Home Rule’ on Irish
Home rule league Madam Balvatsky & Colonel Olcott

She advocated to the moderates

to revive their decision & allow
Tilak to be a member
Home Rule Movement
Dec 1914 Congress session @ Madras
No entry for Tilak into congress due to opposition from Pherozshah
Mehta & other leaders
Constructive work done by both Tilak & Besant in the background
Jab tak jodenge nahi tab
Include Tilak Not tak chodenge
in congress possible...! nahi....Congress...
Home Rule Movement
Dec 1915 Session @ Bombay
Entry of Tilak, Annie Besant into congress

But the demand for home rule was not accepted by congress initially

It was decided that congress would pass a resolution on home rule in a

stipulated time

If that is not passed on time, then Tilak & Annie besant can start the
home rule movement on their own

The Congress does not endorses the resolution on Home rule as a result,
Tilak and Annie Besant started their Home rule leagues.
Home Rule Movement Complete Swaraj nahi
chaiye....bas Ireland wala
chalega bhai...!
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Home rule league set up in April 1916
Maharashtra (excluding Bombay city),
Karnataka, Central Provinces and
Berar

Demands included

Swarajya

Formation of linguistic states

education in the vernacular languages

Home Rule Movement Home rule
Annie Besant
launched a campaign to demand self government
for India after the war on the lines of white colonies
Campaigned through her newspapers
New India
Common Weal
public meetings and conferences

Sept 1916 Set up Home Rule league by George Arundale in Madras

Province
Area- Bombay & Rest of India (Other than Tilak’s)
Home Rule Movement
Q. What was the method?
aimed to convey to the common man the message of Home Rule as
self-government

How to achieve this aim?

by promoting political education and discussion through
public meetings holding conferences

organising libraries and reading rooms containing books on national

politics
propaganda through newspapers, pamphlets, posters, illustrated post-
cards, plays, religious songs
Home Rule Movement
Q. Other leaders who joined this movement?

Motilal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bhulabhai Desai
Tej Bahadur Sapru

Chittaranjan Das
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Mohammad Ali jinnah
Lala Lajpat Rai
Home Rule Movement Lathi
charge...!!

Q. Government Attitude?
Severe repression
Students were prohibited from attending political
meetings
Case was instituted against Tilak on his birthday Aaj se...sir..
Ka title nahi
June 1917, Annie Besant and her associates, B.P.
Wadia and George Arundale, were arrested

Sir S. Subramaniya Aiyar renounced his knighthood

Huge public movement....!!!!!

Home Rule Movement
Government Attitude
June 1917, Annie Besant and
Arundale, were arrested
"Shiva cut his wife into fifty-
two pieces only to discover
that he had fifty-two wives.
This is what happens to the
her associates, B.P. Government
Wadia andofGeorge
India when it
interns Mrs Besant.“-

Government released Besant in September 1917

Becomes Congress President in December 1917

By 1919, the movement witnesses end

Lord Montagu
Home Rule Movement
Q. Why the Agitation Faded Out by 1919?
lack of effective organisation Tilak Passive Resistance

Moderates Pacified by talk of reforms (Montagu's statement of

August 1917)
Montagu-Chelmsford reforms which became known in July 1918 further
divided the nationalist ranks
Ab mein kya Passive Resistance Chalu
karu....! No more rakho
andolan....
Home Rule Movement
Q. Why the Agitation Faded Out by 1919?

Tilak had to go abroad (September 1918) in connection with a case

Ab mein kya karu....! Aata hoon...thod kaam
hain....England mein

Annie Besant vacillated over her response to the reforms and the
techniques of passive resistance
The movement was left leaderless
Government of India Act of 1919
Also known as Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

1. Demarcation of the central and

provincial subjects

Central Legislature Central List

Provincial Legislature Provincial List

Government of India Act of 1919
Dual scheme of governance started ‘Dyarchy in Provinces

Provincial subjects

Transferred Reserved

Who makes laws?

Transferred subjects  Governor with the aid of ministers responsible
to the legislative Council

Reserved subjects, Governor and his executive council without being

responsible to the legislative Council
Government of India Act of 1919
3.Bicameralism and direct elections in the country
Indian Legislative Council Welcome..
Upper House (Council of State) and a Lower House (Legislative to the
Assembly) gang

4. 3/6 of the Viceroy’s executive Council Indian

Communal representation Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and

Europeans
Government of India Act of 1919
Communal representation Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and
Europeans
Separate Electorates Only Muslims can vote for Muslims, Introduced
through Morley Minto Reforms (1909)

Samiullah- Candidate
from Dacca
Government of India Act of 1919
5.Office of the High Commissioner for India in London
Establishment of a public service commission

Appointment of a statutory commission to inquire into and report on its

working after ten years of its coming into force
10 years ke baad ek
commission bhenge
Home Rule Movement
Q. Assessment?
Positives
1.Established link between the town the country

2.Shifitng of movement
Initially, Only Educated classes were participating
Now, masses were participating

3.This mass of people got trained for Gandhian style of politics

4. Lucknow Pact
 UPSC Prelims-2013
Q. Annie Besant was
1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement
2. The founder of the Theosophical Society
Balvatsky & Olcott

3. The president of the Indian National Congress

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 Answer: C
(c) Both 1 and 3
(d) All of these
Home Rule Movement
Lucknow Session of Congress 1916
Q. What is the importance of this session?

readmitted the Extremists led by Tilak to the Congress fold

Lucnow Pact between Congress and Muslim League

Mr. Jinnah...u are Ab shoes mat phenkna...!!

ambassador of Hindu-
Muslim unity
Home Rule Movement
Lucnow Pact
The Muslim League + Congress= joint constitutional demands

The Congress accepted the Muslim League's We accept separate

position on separate electorate electorates

AC Mazumdar
Home Rule Movement
Q. Assesment-Lucnow Pact?
Negative Fallout?? Did congress committed a mistake?

The acceptance of the principle of separate electorates

Implied Muslim league & Congress are two separate political entitites

Hence,Two-Nation theory

Hindu-Muslim Unity???
Not much steps taken
Home Rule Movement
Positive
No more fear for Minorities that Hindu’s would rule over them.
Increase in People’s zeal....
Thank You.