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The Gandhian Era & Mass Struggle

India · 1925Kakori, Kanpur Congress and new ideological currents in the freedom struggle

In 1925 the freedom struggle advanced through revolutionary action, constitutional politics and social reform. The Kakori train action, the formal founding of the Communist Party of India in India, the founding of the RSS, Sarojini Naidu's Congress presidency at Kanpur, and the Sikh Gurdwaras Act marked widening currents in colonial India.

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The Freedom Struggle & National Movementस्वतंत्रता संग्राम और राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन

Polity & Governanceराजव्यवस्था और शासन

Economyअर्थव्यवस्था

Society & Cultureसमाज और संस्कृति

Key figures

Sarojini Naidu — Congress President at Kanpur (December 1925), first Indian woman to hold the office.Chittaranjan Das (Deshbandhu) — Swaraj Party founder whose death on 16 June 1925 affected nationalist legislative politiVithalbhai Patel — first Indian elected President of the Central Legislative Assembly (1925).Ram Prasad Bismil — Hindustan Republican Association leader associated with the Kakori action.K. B. Hedgewar — founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at Nagpur (1925).E. V. Ramasamy 'Periyar' — founder of the Self-Respect Movement (1925).

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