Question

what is assertive nationalism?

Answer 1

The Early Nationalists failed to attain their objectives, giving rise to another group of leaders known as Assertive or Extremist Nationalists. The most prominent leaders of the Assertive Nationalists were Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal, who are known collectively as the Lal-Bal-Pal trio.

Answer 2

Assertive nationalists were the group of people whose immediate objective was to attain Complete independence or Swaraj against the British rule.

The methods of the Assertive nationalists are :

• Swadeshi .
• Boycott .
• National education.
• Revivalism .
• Passive resistance .

The only objective of the Assertives were to obtain Complete Independence from the British rule.

The believes of the assertives are as follows :

• They believed in using modern weapons.
• They believed that the British rule was responsible for the poor economy.
• They believed that the British administration was responsible for the Drain of Wealth .
• They believed in protest against the British .

Some of the assertive nationalists were :

• Bipin Chandra Pal.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak .
• Lala Lajpat Rai .