Question

Describe the causes for the birth of National Movement in India?

Answer 1

1.Education-

British came up with several educational institutes in the nation to ensure that their local subjects could understand their language. The motive behind was to enable the subjects to serve the Raj better. However, things didn’t go as planned.

2.Socio-religious Movements-

Some revolutionary thinkers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy challenged the conventional and biased orders of the society and enlightened people about the various social evils plaguing our nation.

3.British Economic Policies-

The economic policies propounded by the British resulted in widespread poverty and hunger in India.

4.Policies of Lord Lytton-

Lord Lytton, the viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880 is credited with one of the biggest famine in south India which claimed lives of over 10 million people.