Introduction to Nationalism in India Class 10 In the chapter Nationalism in India class 10 it is described as the feeling when people of a country develop a sense of common belonging and are united in a common thread Their struggles unite them and they tend to form a common identity It covers nationalism in many parts of the world like Germany France Britain Vietnam India and many others Here are the Nationalism in India Class 10 Notes World War 1 We see the growth of the national movement of India from World War 1 Britishers colonized people of India and many other nations like Vietnam so they had a common enemy which tied them together to ght against British rule in India During the time of World War 1 India being the colony of Britain faced many economic and political problems First of all to wage war a large sum of money was needed which was derived by introducing customs duties and income tax on Indians Secondly India was forced to supply men as soldiers to the British army which caused widespread anger among people Many parts of our country faced shortages of food supply and spread of the in uenza epidemic which added fuel to the re to ght against the colonial government When Gandhi came to India in 1915 from South Africa people saw him as a messiah who would end their suffering From 1915 to 1916 on the advice of his political guru Gopal Krishna Gokhale he visited many places in India to get rst hand experience of people s problems Satyagraha According to the NCERT 10 class history book the literal meaning of Satyagraha is Satya truth Agraha hold on to truth Three Satyagrahas launched by Gandhi Ji at the regional level are the following Champaran In 1916 he launched rst Satyagraha in Champaran Bihar where he inspired people to protest against tinkathia system repressive plantation system Kheda In 1917 he organized Satyagraha in the Kheda district of Gujarat to support the poor peasants who were demanding relaxation in revenue collection Ahmedabad In 1918 he organized Satyagraha for cotton mill workers Gandhi Ji launched all these movements by following two principles that are truth and non violence He believed that if the idea is pure then a satyagrahi does not need to use force He was a practitioner of non violence and believed that one could win any battle by following the Dharma of truth and non violence He followed this Dharma in the whole process of nationalism in India as covered in 10 class history books Also Read Branches of History Rowlatt Act of 1919 After these three Satyagraha at the regional level Gandhi decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha Still as Newton s third law says every action has an equal and opposite reaction the Imperial legislative council passed the Rowlatt act in 1919 which gave Britishers enormous power to suppress political activities and put political prisoners behind bars without any trial for two years In this response Gandhiji launched a hartal on 6 April It was the beginning of India workers national movement went on strike shops were closed down railways and telegraph lines were disrupted As a result local leaders were picked up and Gandhiji was barred from entering Delhi Martial law was imposed in many places in India On 13 April Amritsar people gathered to participate in the Baisakhi festival unaware of martial law When General Dyer came to know about this gathering he red upon people and killed a large number of them to create fear and a feeling of awe It is marked as the black day in the history of the national movement of India As stated in the chapter nationalism in India class 10 Gandhi was always a staunch supporter of non violence so after the incident of Jallianwala Bagh he immediately called off the hartal Non Cooperation and Khilafat In Nationalism in India Class 10 Notes it is mentioned that Gandhiji realized that to launch a successful mass movement at the national level Hindus and Muslims should be brought together At the Calcutta session of Congress in 1920 He decided to launch the Non cooperation movement with the Khilafat movement Khilafat movement was launched by two Muslim brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali To defend the temporal power of Khalifa in Muslim the idea of bringing Hindu and Muslims together was one of the biggest milestones in the process of nationalism in India Tutorialspoint Non Cooperation Movement in Stages Credit Nationalism in India Class 10 Notes ideally described how Gandhiji made people realize that British rule sustained in India for so long because of our political and economic cooperation with them So he proposed that people boycott foreign goods clothes surrender government titles schools colleges law courts civil services and council elections Initially Congress members were reluctant to boycott council elections but later in the congress session of 1920 they decided to adopt the Non Cooperation program In the 10 class history NCERT Book pictures show that people from diverse backgrounds participated in this movement Thousands of teachers headmasters lawyers and students refused to go to colonial institutions and altogether boycotted it Foreign goods were boycotted and burnt Liquor shops were picketed which led to the dramatic dropping of its import according to the 10 class history book of class 10 social science Gandhi Ji encouraged people to make their own clothes using Charkha Charkha is the symbol of self reliance and traditional Indian handicrafts potential According to the class 10 social science history book Peasants in Awadh under the guidance of Baba Ramchandra they participated in the Non cooperation movement by refusing to pay taxes and beg They attacked houses of talukdars and merchants to end the repressive system Tribal people were affected because after the introduction of forest laws their They revolted against this brutal system under the guidance of the tribal leader customary rights were denied Alluri Sitaram Raju Plantation workers were living in a very repressive state and were forced to stay at a con ned border under the Inland Emigration act To end this state they participated in this revolt But in 1922 Chauri Chaura Satyagrahis attacked a police station that claimed some police o cers lives When Gandhiji heard this violent act he called off the movement because it took on an intense color Civil Disobedience Movement A crucial milestone discussed in Nationalism in India class 10 is the Civil Disobedience Movement The key features of the movement were as