‘Back to Vedas’ was Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s call when he established the Arya Samaj. By exhorting the nation to reject superstitious notions, his aim was to educate the nation to ‘Go back to the Vedas’. He wanted the people who followed Hinduism to go back to its roots and to follow the Vedic life, which he pointed out. By doing this, he felt that Hindus would be able to improve the depressive religious, social, political, and economic conditions prevailing in India in his times.

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‘Back to Vedas’ was Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s call when he established the Arya Samaj. By exhorting the nation to reject superstitious notions, his aim was to educate the nation to ‘Go back to the Vedas’. He wanted the people who followed Hinduism to go back to its roots and to follow the Vedic life, which he pointed out. By doing this, he felt that Hindus would be able to improve the depressive religious, social, political, and economic conditions prevailing in India in his times.

Simon Commission was primarily boycotted because it had no Indian members. The Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to India in 1927 to study constitutional reform in India.

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Simon Commission was primarily boycotted because it had no Indian members. The Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to India in 1927 to study constitutional reform in India.

Benjamin Disraeli, the leader of the conservative party of England has called it a “National revolt.” “The motives of leadership of revolt, geographical extent of the sway of revolt, its loose organizational infrastructure and the fragile basis of national consciousness at that moment do not provide substance to the so-called characterization of sepoy mutiny as “National struggle.”

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Benjamin Disraeli, the leader of the conservative party of England has called it a “National revolt.” “The motives of leadership of revolt, geographical extent of the sway of revolt, its loose organizational infrastructure and the fragile basis of national consciousness at that moment do not provide substance to the so-called characterization of sepoy mutiny as “National struggle.”

The Government of India Act of 1909—also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms granted separate electorates and communal representation to Muslims. This was for the first time that, electorate for returning to the representatives to the councils was decided on the basis of class & community.

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The Government of India Act of 1909—also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms granted separate electorates and communal representation to Muslims. This was for the first time that, electorate for returning to the representatives to the councils was decided on the basis of class & community.

Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Elections were held in eleven provinces Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay Presidency, Assam, NWFP, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh. The Indian National Congress emerged in power in all the provinces except for three Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh. The AllIndia Muslim League failed to form the government in any province.

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Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Elections were held in eleven provinces Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay Presidency, Assam, NWFP, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh. The Indian National Congress emerged in power in all the provinces except for three Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh. The AllIndia Muslim League failed to form the government in any province.