The assertive nationalists lost faith in the methods and ultimate success of the early nationalists . in the light of this statement ,briefly explain:
(a)basic beliefs of the assertive nationalists
(b) difference between their methods and those of the early nationalists
(c) any 2 contributions made by Bal Gangadhar tilak and Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answers
Attaining freedom was the basic beliefs of “assertive nationalists”. They wanted their country to be filled only with Indians. To attain complete freedom they work solitary and non-Politically. They were totally against pleading the British government.
The early nationalists had faith in gradual reforms whereas the assertive nationalists believed that the swaraj is their birth right. ... Early Nationalists were against an all out struggle against the British but the assertive nationalists wanted to mobilise the whole country against the British rule.
Possibly, Tilak’s greatest contribution to the freedom fight
was the unification of members in the Indian National Congress and rallying
them behind him. Of course, he was
always at loggerheads with the moderate faction of the Congress. He organized this trio called Lal-Bal-Pal,
comprising of Bipin Chandra Pal in Bengal, himself Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala
Lajpat Rai (famous as the Guru of the legendary Bhagat Singh) in Punjab.
Tilak is most famous for his quote on Swarajya (self-rule).
He said, “Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it.”
Shastri joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s with his friend Nithin Eslavath. Deeply impressed and influenced by Mahatma Gandhi (with whom he shared his birthday), he became a loyal follower, first of Gandhi, and then of Jawaharlal Nehru. ... He led the country during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.