Question

Three features A, B and C are marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map
(A)The place where cotton mill workers organised Satyagraha.
(B)The place related to the calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(C)The place where the Indian National Congress Session was held.

Answer 1

Hint: A: The strike at this place was the first time when Gandhiji used Satyagraha and hunger strike.
B: An angry mob set fire to a police station leading to the death of three civilians and 22 policemen.
C: The second session of the Indian National Congress was held here with Shri Dadabhai Naoroji as the president.

Complete answer: A: This strike was called due to an industrial dispute at a cotton mill in Ahmedabad. The owners wanted to take away the plague bonus offered to the workers whereas the workers were demanding a hike in the wages. The strike was successful and the workers got their demands fulfilled.
B: The Chauri Chaura incident took place on February 4, 1922, at Chauri Chaura, a town in Gorakhpur district of the United Province (present-day Uttar Pradesh). A group of protestors who were participating in the Non-Cooperation movement clashed with policemen, who then opened fire on the crowd. The angry mob then surrounded the local police station and burnt it, killing its occupants.
C: The 1906 session of the Indian National Congress was held in Kolkata with Dadabhai Naoroji as the president and the Congress adopted four resolutions in their fight for independence against the British Raj. These resolutions were: Swaraj(Self Governance), Boycott Movement, Swadeshi and National Education.

Note: A: In the Satyagraha movement, Gandhiji was able to mobilise the farmers, artisans and the so-called lower castes, in stark contrast to the earlier protests which relied on upper and middle classes.
B: Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the country was engaged in a Non-Cooperation movement in the 1920s and were demanding independence using non-violent methods of Civil Disobedience.
C: The resolution of Swaraj was adopted in the 1906 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress and it also highlighted the difference between the extremists and the moderates.