Sessions - Patna Benaras Guwahati Amritsar Lahore Meerut Delhi Madras No Session - , , - Poona Belgaum Kakinada Bombay Surat Ahmedabad Karachi Tripuri Haripura Faizpur Amravati Nagpur Calcutta (Special) Gaya Ramgarh Kanpur Lucknow (Special) (Special) (Special) Rise of Nationalism in India Economic High land revenue was one of the major factors that contributed to the oppression of the peasants. It demanded reduction in the land revenue and protection of peasants against exploitation of the zamindars. The Congress also advocated the imposition of heavy tax on the imported goods for the benefit of swadeshi goods. Administrative Higher officials who had responsibility of administration in India were selected through civil services examinations conducted in Britain.
This meant that educated Indians who could not afford to go to London had no opportunity to get high administrative jobs. Therefore, Indianisation of services through simultaneous Indian Civil Services Examinations in England and India was a major demand of the Congress. Judicial Because of the partial treatment against the Indian political activists by English judges it demanded the complete separation of the Executive and the Judiciary. (d) Contributions of Early Nationalists ( – ) The early nationalists in the INC came from the elite sections of the society.
Lawyers, college and university teachers, doctors, journalists and such others represented the Congress. However, they came from different regions of the country and this made INC a truly a national political organisation. These leaders of the INC adopted the constitutional methods of presenting petitions, prayers and memorandums and thereby earned the moniker of “Moderates”. It was also the time some sort of an understanding about colonialism was evolving in India.
There was no ready-made anti-colonial understanding available for reference in the