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Movement–Leader–Region Map

UPSC Civil Services• Modern Indian History• Rise of Indian Nationalism• Movement–Leader–Region Map
# MOVEMENT–LEADER–REGION MAP — QUICK REVISION BENGAL → Swadeshi → Bipin Chandra Pal / Aurobindo Ghosh. → Anushilan Samiti → P. Mitra. → Jugantar → Barindra Kumar Ghosh. → Tamluk Government → Quit India phase. MAHARASHTRA → Assertive Nationalism → Bal Gangadhar Tilak. → Abhinav Bharat → V.D. Savarkar. → Home Rule → Tilak. → Satara Parallel Government → Nana Patil. PUNJAB → Assertive Nationalism → Lala Lajpat Rai. → Anti-Simon Protest → Lala Lajpat Rai. → Revolutionary Nationalism → Bhagat Singh. → Ghadar links → Overseas Punjabi revolutionaries. GUJARAT → Ahmedabad → Gandhi. → Kheda → Gandhi + Patel. → Bardoli → Vallabhbhai Patel. → Dandi → Gandhi. → Dharasana → Sarojini Naidu. BIHAR → Champaran → Gandhi + Rajendra Prasad. UNITED PROVINCES → Chauri Chaura. → Awadh Movement → Baba Ramchandra. → Eka Movement → Madari Pasi. → Kakori → Ram Prasad Bismil + Ashfaqulla Khan. MADRAS PRESIDENCY → Madras Mahajana Sabha. → Home Rule → Annie Besant. → Vedaranyam March → C. Rajagopalachari. NWFP → Khudai Khidmatgar → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. OVERSEAS → India House → Shyamji Krishna Varma → London. → Ghadar → Lala Har Dayal → North America. → INA → Subhas Chandra Bose → South-East Asia. MASTER MEMORY: BENGAL → SWADESHI + REVOLUTIONARIES MAHARASHTRA → TILAK + SAVARKAR PUNJAB → LALA LAJPAT RAI + BHAGAT SINGH GUJARAT → GANDHI'S SATYAGRAHAS + PATEL BIHAR → CHAMPARAN NWFP → BADSHAH KHAN OVERSEAS → INDIA HOUSE + GHADAR + INA

MOVEMENT–LEADER–REGION MAP

Indian National Movement | UPSC Modern Indian History

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  1. EARLY NATIONALIST POLITICS ==================================================

EAST INDIA ASSOCIATION ↓ Dadabhai Naoroji ↓ London / All-India political influence

POONA SARVAJANIK SABHA ↓ M.G. Ranade ↓ Maharashtra

INDIAN ASSOCIATION ↓ Surendranath Banerjea ↓ Bengal

MADRAS MAHAJANA SABHA ↓ G. Subramania Iyer + P. Anandacharlu ↓ Madras Presidency

BOMBAY PRESIDENCY ASSOCIATION ↓ Pherozeshah Mehta + K.T. Telang + Badruddin Tyabji ↓ Bombay Presidency

================================================== 2. MODERATE NATIONALISM

MODERATE NATIONALISM ↓ Dadabhai Naoroji + Gopal Krishna Gokhale + Pherozeshah Mehta ↓ Bombay + Poona + All-India

DRAIN THEORY ↓ Dadabhai Naoroji ↓ All-India economic nationalism

SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY ↓ Gopal Krishna Gokhale ↓ Poona / Maharashtra

================================================== 3. SWADESHI MOVEMENT, 1905

ANTI-PARTITION MOVEMENT ↓ Surendranath Banerjea + Bipin Chandra Pal + Aurobindo Ghosh ↓ Bengal

SWADESHI MOVEMENT ↓ Bipin Chandra Pal + Aurobindo Ghosh ↓ Bengal

SWADESHI MOVEMENT ↓ Bal Gangadhar Tilak ↓ Maharashtra

SWADESHI IN THE SOUTH ↓ V.O. Chidambaram Pillai + Subramania Bharati ↓ Madras Presidency / Tamil region

================================================== 4. ASSERTIVE NATIONALISM

LAL–BAL–PAL ↓

Lala Lajpat Rai → Punjab

Bal Gangadhar Tilak → Maharashtra

Bipin Chandra Pal → Bengal

REGIONAL MAP:

PUNJAB → Lala Lajpat Rai

MAHARASHTRA → Bal Gangadhar Tilak

BENGAL → Bipin Chandra Pal

================================================== 5. REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM — BENGAL

ANUSHILAN SAMITI ↓ P. Mitra + Aurobindo Ghosh ↓ Bengal

JUGANTAR ↓ Barindra Kumar Ghosh + Aurobindo Ghosh ↓ Bengal

MUZAFFARPUR BOMB INCIDENT ↓ Khudiram Bose + Prafulla Chaki ↓ Bengal / Bihar political context

ALIPORE BOMB CASE ↓ Aurobindo Ghosh + Barindra Kumar Ghosh ↓ Bengal

================================================== 6. REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM — MAHARASHTRA

ABHINAV BHARAT ↓ V.D. Savarkar + Ganesh Savarkar ↓ Maharashtra

NASIK CONSPIRACY ↓ Anant Kanhere + Savarkar revolutionary network ↓ Maharashtra

================================================== 7. REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM — PUNJAB

GHADAR MOVEMENT ↓ Lala Har Dayal ↓ Punjab + Indian diaspora

GHADAR MOVEMENT ↓ Sohan Singh Bhakna ↓ Punjab + North America

KOMAGATA MARU EPISODE ↓ Gurdit Singh ↓ Punjab diaspora / Canada

================================================== 8. REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES ABROAD

INDIA HOUSE ↓ Shyamji Krishna Varma ↓ London

INDIA HOUSE REVOLUTIONARY NETWORK ↓ V.D. Savarkar ↓ London + Maharashtra revolutionary links

PARIS INDIAN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES ↓ Madam Bhikaji Cama ↓ Paris

GHADAR MOVEMENT ↓ Lala Har Dayal ↓ United States / Canada

================================================== 9. HOME RULE MOVEMENT

HOME RULE LEAGUE ↓ Bal Gangadhar Tilak ↓ Maharashtra + Karnataka + Central Provinces + Berar

ALL INDIA HOME RULE LEAGUE ↓ Annie Besant ↓ Madras + All-India network

================================================== 10. GANDHI'S EARLY SATYAGRAHAS

CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAHA, 1917 ↓ Mahatma Gandhi + Rajendra Prasad ↓ Bihar

AHMEDABAD MILL STRIKE, 1918 ↓ Mahatma Gandhi + Anasuya Sarabhai ↓ Ahmedabad / Gujarat

KHEDA SATYAGRAHA, 1918 ↓ Mahatma Gandhi + Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ↓ Gujarat

================================================== 11. ROWLATT SATYAGRAHA

ROWLATT SATYAGRAHA, 1919 ↓ Mahatma Gandhi ↓ All-India

AMRITSAR POLITICAL UNREST ↓ Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew + Dr. Satyapal ↓ Punjab

JALLIANWALA BAGH ↓ National response led by Mahatma Gandhi and nationalist leadership ↓ Amritsar / Punjab

================================================== 12. NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT

NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT ↓ Mahatma Gandhi ↓ All-India

KHILAFAT MOVEMENT ↓ Ali Brothers + Mahatma Gandhi ↓ All-India

CHAURI CHAURA INCIDENT ↓ Local peasants ↓ Gorakhpur region / United Provinces

MOPLAH REBELLION CONTEXT ↓ Mappila peasants ↓ Malabar / Kerala

================================================== 13. PEASANT MOVEMENTS OF THE 1920s

BARDOLI SATYAGRAHA ↓ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ↓ Gujarat

AVADH PEASANT MOVEMENT ↓ Baba Ramchandra ↓ United Provinces

EKA MOVEMENT ↓ Madari Pasi ↓ United Provinces

================================================== 14. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS — NORTH INDIA

HINDUSTAN REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION ↓ Ram Prasad Bismil + Sachindra Nath Sanyal ↓ North India

KAKORI INCIDENT, 1925 ↓ Ram Prasad Bismil + Ashfaqulla Khan ↓ United Provinces

HSRA ↓ Bhagat Singh + Chandrashekhar Azad ↓ Punjab + North India

LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASE ↓ Bhagat Singh + Rajguru + Sukhdev ↓ Punjab

================================================== 15. SIMON COMMISSION PROTESTS

ANTI-SIMON MOVEMENT ↓ Lala Lajpat Rai ↓ Lahore / Punjab

ANTI-SIMON PROTESTS ↓ Indian National Congress leadership ↓ All-India

================================================== 16. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT

DANDI MARCH ↓ Mahatma Gandhi ↓ Gujarat

SALT SATYAGRAHA ↓ Mahatma Gandhi ↓ All-India

DHARASANA SALT SATYAGRAHA ↓ Sarojini Naidu ↓ Gujarat

VEDARANYAM SALT MARCH ↓ C. Rajagopalachari ↓ Tamil region / Madras Presidency

NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE MOVEMENT ↓ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ↓ North-West Frontier Province

RED SHIRTS / KHUDai KHIDMATGARS ↓ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ↓ North-West Frontier Province

================================================== 17. PEASANT AND REGIONAL SATYAGRAHAS

BARDOLI SATYAGRAHA ↓ Vallabhbhai Patel ↓ Gujarat

NO-TAX AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE ACTIVITIES ↓ Congress leadership ↓ United Provinces + Bihar + Gujarat + Bengal

================================================== 18. QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT, 1942

QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT ↓ Mahatma Gandhi ↓ All-India

UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT ↓ Jayaprakash Narayan + Ram Manohar Lohia ↓ North India + All-India network

ARUNA ASAF ALI ↓ Quit India resistance ↓ Bombay / All-India

SATARA PARALLEL GOVERNMENT ↓ Nana Patil ↓ Maharashtra

TAMLUK NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ↓ Satish Samanta + Local nationalist leadership ↓ Bengal

================================================== 19. INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY

INA ↓ Subhas Chandra Bose ↓ South-East Asia

AZAD HIND GOVERNMENT ↓ Subhas Chandra Bose ↓ Singapore + South-East Asia

INA CAMPAIGN ↓ Subhas Chandra Bose + INA leadership ↓ Burma + North-East India frontier

================================================== 20. FINAL PHASE OF THE MOVEMENT

INA TRIALS ↓ INA officers + Nationalist leaders ↓ Delhi + All-India political impact

ROYAL INDIAN NAVY REVOLT, 1946 ↓ Naval ratings ↓ Bombay + Karachi + Other naval centres

================================================== 21. MASTER REGION–MOVEMENT MAP

BENGAL → Swadeshi Movement → Anushilan Samiti → Jugantar → Revolutionary nationalism → Tamluk National Government.

MAHARASHTRA → Tilak's nationalist politics → Abhinav Bharat → Home Rule activities → Satara Parallel Government.

PUNJAB → Lala Lajpat Rai → Ghadar links → Bhagat Singh → Anti-Simon protests.

GUJARAT → Ahmedabad Mill Strike → Kheda Satyagraha → Bardoli Satyagraha → Dandi March → Dharasana.

BIHAR → Champaran Satyagraha → Quit India underground networks.

UTTAR PRADESH / UNITED PROVINCES → Chauri Chaura → Awadh Peasant Movement → Eka Movement → Kakori Incident.

MADRAS PRESIDENCY → Madras Mahajana Sabha → Swadeshi activities → Annie Besant's Home Rule network → Vedaranyam Salt March.

NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → Khudai Khidmatgar movement → Civil Disobedience.

OVERSEAS → India House → London. → Ghadar → North America. → Madam Bhikaji Cama → Paris. → INA → South-East Asia.

================================================== 22. GOLDEN PRELIMS MATCHES

Champaran → Gandhi → Bihar.

Kheda → Gandhi + Patel → Gujarat.

Ahmedabad Mill Strike → Gandhi + Anasuya Sarabhai → Gujarat.

Bardoli → Vallabhbhai Patel → Gujarat.

Dandi March → Gandhi → Gujarat.

Vedaranyam → Rajagopalachari → Tamil region.

Khudai Khidmatgars → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → NWFP.

Swadeshi → Bipin Chandra Pal → Bengal.

Abhinav Bharat → Savarkar → Maharashtra.

Anushilan Samiti → P. Mitra → Bengal.

Jugantar → Barindra Kumar Ghosh → Bengal.

Ghadar → Lala Har Dayal → Overseas Indians.

Kakori → Ram Prasad Bismil → United Provinces.

HSRA → Bhagat Singh → Punjab / North India.

Satara Parallel Government → Nana Patil → Maharashtra.

INA → Subhas Chandra Bose → South-East Asia.

================================================== 23. FINAL MEMORY FORMULA

MOVEMENT ↓ WHO? ↓ WHERE?

Example:

BARDOLI ↓ VALLABHBHAI PATEL ↓ GUJARAT.

This three-part relationship is extremely useful for UPSC Prelims matching questions.