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Examine the causes of the rise and progress of revolutionary movements in India from 1905 to 1931.

  • UPSC 2003
  • Other Strands in the National Movement

Revolutionary terrorism in India between 1905 and 1931 emerged as a distinct political trend, born from the perceived exhaustion of both Moderate constitutionalism and Extremist mass agitation, and running through two clearly identifiable phases before its climactic conclusion.

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  • The Immediate Trigger: Partition of Bengal, 1905
  • Disillusionment with Moderate and Extremist Strategies
  • Foreign Revolutionary Models
  • Phase One (1905–1910): Bengal-Centred Secret Societies
  • Phase Two (1910–1918): Expansion and the Ghadar Attempt
  • Phase Three (1918–1931): Post-Non-Cooperation Radicalization and Its Climax

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