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India · 1926Swaraj Party splits amid deepening communal strife; Shraddhanand assassinated

After Non-Cooperation, 1926 brought fragmentation: the Swaraj Party split over 'responsive cooperation', communal tensions intensified, and Swami Shraddhanand was assassinated in December. Enduring institutions and measures also emerged, including the Public Service Commission, the Hilton Young currency proposals, and the Indian Trade Unions Act.

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Key figures

Lord Irwin (Edward Wood) — succeeded Lord Reading as Viceroy in April 1926.S. Srinivasa Iyengar — president of the 41st Congress session at Gauhati, December 1926.Motilal Nehru — leading Swarajist opposed to responsive cooperation and office-acceptance.Swami Shraddhanand — Arya Samaj and shuddhi leader assassinated on 23 December 1926.Sir Ross Barker — first chairman of the Public Service Commission established on 1 October 1926.Lord Linlithgow — chairman of the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India appointed in 1926.

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