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10TH SOCIAL
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 Ch-6 EARLY REVOLTS AGAINST BRITISH RULE IN TAMILNADU

1. Attempt an essay of the heroic fight Veerapandya Kattabomman conducted against

the East India Company.
i. Verrapandiya Kattabomman becomes the Palayakkarars of Panchalamkurichi at the
age of thirty.
ii. Soon several events led to conflicts between Verrapandiya kattabomman and the east
India Company.
iii. The land revenue arrear from kattabomman was 3310 pagodas in 1798.
iv. Marudhu brothers and Kattabomman jointly decided on a confrontation with the
English.
v. Bannerman deputed ramalinganar to convey a message asking Kattabomman to
surrender.
vi. During the trial Kattabomman bravely admitted all the charges leveled against him.
vii. Kattabomman was hanged from a tamarind tree in the old fort of Kayathar.

2. Highlight the tragic fall of Sivagangai and its outcome.

i. The English demanded that the Marudhu pandiyars hand over the fugitives Omathurai
and Sevathaiah. But they refused.
ii. In May 1801, the English attacked the rebels in Thanjavur and Trichirapalli.
iii. The rebels went to Piranmalai and kalayarkoil.
iv. They were again defeated by the forces of the English.
v. In the end of the superior military strength and the able commanders of the English
company prevailed.
vi. The rebellion failed and sivagangai was annexed in 1801.

3. Account for the outbreak of Vellore Revolt in 1806.

i. Treaty 0f 1801 the Nawab was to cede the districts of North Arcot, South Arcot,
Trichirapalli, Madurai and Thirunelveli to the company.
ii. The English army officer’s scant respect for the social and religious sentiments of the
Indian sepoys also angered them.
iii. The state of peasantry from which class the sepoys had been recruited also bothered
them much.
iv. Famine breaking out in 1805 many of the sepoys’ families was in dire economic
straits.
v. The Indian soldiers were asked not to wear caste marks or ear rings when in uniform.
vi. On 10 July 1806, in the early hours, guns were booming and the Indian sepoys of the
1st and 23rd regiments raised their standard of revolt.
vii. Colonel Fancourt, Colonel Me Kerras killed Indian sepoys.

CH-7 ANTI-COLONIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE BIRTH OF NATIONALISM

1. Discuss the causes and consequences of the Revolt of 1857?

a). Annexation Policy of British India
i). The Doctrine of Lapse.
a. If a native ruler failed to produce a biological male heir to the throne, the
b. territory was to ‘lapse’ into British India upon the death of the ruler.
 c. Satara, Sambalpur, parts of the Punjab, Jhansi and Nagpur were annexed by the British
through the Doctrine of Lapse.
ii). Insensitivity to Indian Cultural Sentiments
a. The dress code was part of their efforts to convert soldiers to Christianity.
b. The sepoys were also upset with discrimination in salary and promotion.
c. Indian sepoys were paid much less than their European counterparts.
d. They felt humiliated and racially abused by their seniors.
b). Consequences of the Revolt:
a. The British would not interfere in traditional institutions and religious matters.
b. The number of Indians restrained from holding important ranks and position.
c. The British took control of the artillery and shifted their recruiting effort to
regions and communities.

2. How did the people of Bengal respond to the Partition of Bengal (1905)?
i. In 1899, Lord Curzon was appointed the Viceroy of India.
ii. The idea of partition was devised to suppress the political activities against theBritish
rule in Bengal by creating a Hindu-Muslim divide.
iii. Curzon assured Muslims that in the new provinces of East Bengal Muslims would
enjoy a unity.
iv. Instead of dividing the Bengali people along the religious line partition united them.
v. They protected through prayers, press campaigns, petitions, and public meeting.
vi. The boycott of British goods was one such method.

3. Attempt a narrative account of how Tilak and Annie Besant by launching Home Rule
Movement sustained the Indian freedom struggle after 1916?
i. The Indian national movement was revived and also radicalized during the Home Rule
movement, led by Lokamanya tilak and Annie Besant.
ii. British betrayal to the Indian cause of self government led to a fresh call for a mass
movement to pressurize the British government.
iii. The 1916 Annual Session of Congress began with two significant developments.
iv. In the Lucknow session of Indian National Congress, it was decided to admit the
militant faction into the party.
v. The home rule movement in India borrowed much of its principles from the Irish
Home Rule Movement.

CH:8 NATIONALISM : GANDHIAN PHASE

1.Examine the factors that led to the transformation of Gandhi into a mass leader.
i. Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India in 1915 from South Africa after fighting the civil
rights of the Indians.
ii. He introduced Satyagraha which he had perfected in South Africa.
iii. The militants confronted the repression of the colonial state violently.
iv. His studying time experience in London.
v. Gandhi faced racial discrimination in South Africa Durban railway incident.
vi. Inspired by Ruskin, Gandhi established the Phoenix settlement.
vii. Gandhi developed Satyagraha devotion to the truth, truth force a strategy.
viii. Communal Award, Untouchability, Hindu –Muslims Unity Gandhi
popularunification.
 2. Critically examine the Civil Disobedience Movement as the typical example of
Gandhian movement.
i. Gandhi launch a Civil Disobedience Movement on 26th January 1930 was declared as
Independence Day.
ii. A pledge was taken all over the country to attain Poorna Swaraj non – violently.
iii. The Indian national Congress authorized Gandhi to launch the movement.
iv. When the Viceroy did not respond to the character of demands Gandhi launched the
Civil Disobedience Movement.
v. At the break of dawn 12 March 1930 Gandhi set out from Sabarmati Ashram with 78
of its inmates.
vi. At the age of 61 Gandhi recovered a distance of 241 miles in 24 days to reach Dandi at
sunset on 5 April 1930.
vii. The next morning, he took a lump of salt law.
viii. Gandhi was arrested at midnight and sent to Yervada Jail.

3.Discuss the reasons behind the partition of India.

i. The British rule in Bengal by creating a Hindu- Muslim divide.
ii. In Lucknow Pact the Congress leadership accepted the concept of separate electorate
for Muslims.
iii. Jinnah demanded that one-third of the sets be reserved for Muslims.
iv. Jinnah demanding separate state for Muslims revived the Muslims League.
v. Muslim majority provinces in the Northwest and the Muslim Majority provinces in the
North east.
vi. The Mountbatten plan India was portioned into two dominions – India and Pakistan.

CH:9 FREEDOM STUGGLE IN TAMILNADU

1.Discuss the response to Swadeshi Movement in Tamil Nadu.

i. The Swadeshi movement made a deep impact in Tamilnadu.
ii. Public meeting attended by thousands of people were organized in various parts of
Tamilnadu.
iii. Tamil was used on the public platform for the time to mobilize the people.
iv. Bharathi’s patriotic songs were especially important.
v. Many journals were started to propagate Swadeshi ideals.
vi. Students and youth participated widely in the Swadeshi Movement.
vii. Swadesamitran and India were prominent journals.

2. Examine the origin and growth of Non-Brahmin Movement in TamilNadu.

i. There was rapid growth in education in the Madras Presidency.
ii. There was an increase in the number of educated non-Brahmins.
iii. Intense political and social activity discussed above politicized the educated non-
Brahmins.
iv. Congress was also overwhelmingly composed of Brahmins.
v. In 1912 the Madras Dravidian Association was founded.
vi. The Dravidian Association Hostel for non-Brahmin students.
vii. SILF began to be popularly known as Justice party after its English daily.
 3. Describe the role of Tamil Nadu in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
i. Tamilnadu was in the forefront of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
ii. The Civil Disobedience Movement was a mass movement with the participation of
student s shopkeepers, workers, women, etc.
iii. In the city of Madras, shops were picked and foreign goods boycotted.
iv. Rajaji organized and led a salt Satyagraha march to vedaranyam.
v. A special songs was composed for the march by Namakkal.
vi. Mill workers struck work across the province.
vii. Women participated enthusiastically.
viii. N.R.Subbaraman and K.Kamaraj also played an important role.

CH:10 SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION HIS IN TAMIL NADU

1.Attempt an essay on the foundation and development of Tamil Renaissance in the

19th Century.
i. The cultural hegemony of colonialism and the rise of humanism brought several
changes in the socio cultural life.
ii. Modern Tamilnadu too experienced such a historical transition.
iii. Tamil learning language and culture played a significant role in their identity
construction.
iv. Tamil was the first non-European language that went into print.
v. Works that can be described as secular were taken up for publishing.
vi. Thirukural was one of the earliest Tamil literary texts to be published in 1812.
vii. Manonmaniam written by P. Sundaranar.
viii. Ramalinga Adigal and Abraham pandithar are 19th century most famous poets.

2. Describe the background for the formation of the Justice Party and point out its
contribution to the cause of social justice.
i). Formation of the Justice Party:
a. On 20 November around 30 prominent non-Bramin leaders.
b. Including Dr.C.Natesanar, Sir Pitti Theyagarayar, T.M. Nair and Alamleu Manigai
c. Thayarammal came together to form the south Indian Liberation Federation.
d. The association started publishing three newspapers Dravidian in Tamil, Justice in
English, Andhra Prakasika in Telugu.
e. Subbarayalu became the chief minister of the Madras Presidency.
ii). Contribution to social justice:
a. The Justice Party is the fountainhead of the non-Brahmin movement in the country.
b. The justice party legacy of social justice owes its existence to the formative years.
c. The justicites removed the legal hindrances restricting inter-caste marriages.
d. Its rule established the Staff Selection Board in 1924 for the selection of
e. government officials.
f. Its introduced the Hindu Religious Endowment (HRE) Act in 1926.

3. Estimate Periyar E.V.R’s decisive contribution to the social transformation of

Tamil Nadu.
i. Periyar E.V.R. promoted khadi and sold it on streets of Tamilnadu.
ii. He cut down 500 coconut trees in his farm to support the campaign for
iii. prohibition.
 iv. Periyar proposed a resolution regarding the rights of untouchables to temple entry.
v. In vaikom people protested against this practice so, Periyar led the movement and was
imprisoned.
vi. Periyar started the Self Respect movement in 1925.
vii. Periyar understood the relevance of mass communication in spreading rationalist
thought.
viii. Periyar objected to terms like “giving in marriage”.

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