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YOUNG HOOLIGANS, NEHRU REPORT AND LAHORE CONGRESS., SUBHAS BOSE., NARAYAN,…
YOUNG HOOLIGANS, NEHRU REPORT AND LAHORE CONGRESS.
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Who were the Young Hooligans?
They lobbied Indian National Congress Comittee.
-They wanted immediate action and full independence.
-Gandhi regarded them Young Hooligans
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-Anti-British and Militant in his ideas.
-Was imprisoned 11 times for terrorist activities.
-He filmed anti-British propaganda and invaded India.
Originally he was a supporter of physical force to eject the British from India.
-In 1934 he helped found the CSP.
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Terms of Nehru report
Asked for Dominion status on the same terms as Australia and Canada.
Princely states and India were to become a federation. There was to be no further devolution of power in the provinces.
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Impact on Muslims and Hindus?
-Meant that Hindus would form a large majority in central government.
-Despite promises that religious freedoms would be safeguarded Muslims lost the protection of separate electorates.
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CONGRESS REACTION TO NEHRU REPORT.
-In Dec 1928 they must in Calcutta and delegates had two motions.
1)Follow the Nehru report and pursue dominion status
2) Follow Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru and pursue full independence (demanding that the Raj should withdraw by 31 Dec 1929.
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Gandhi's dilemma.
-Start a new civil disobedience campaign and it end in bloodshed.
-Young Hooligans had support in local districts and trade unionists.
-Congress was aware of the danger of the proliferation of small groups.
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He decided on following the Young Hooligans in Purna-Swaraj.
-Ended up with a working committee of his own choosing to direct congress' actions.
-Congress left it to working committee to decide how the campaign would begin.
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