Question

Indian National Congress

(a) What were the techniques adopted by the Congress to get its grievances redressed ?

(b) What do you know of Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirate?

(c) Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?

(d) How did the British respond to the Swadeshi Movement?

Answer 1

(a) The congress to get its grievances redressed adopted the techniques by way of appeals petitions and delegations

(b) Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadara Tilak of Maharashtra and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal called as Lai – Bal – Pal.

Lai – Bal – Pal triumvirate were the prominent Congress leaders of militiant nationalists.

(c) The first session of Indian National Congress was held at Bombay.

(d) The British brutally crushed the Swadeshi Movement. Revolutionaries were hanged. Press was crushed and prominent leaders were arrested and imprisoned for long terms.