Project. Find out about the anti-colonial movement in Indo-China. Compare and contrast India’s national movement with the ways in which Indo-China became independent.

Discuss. Why did political leaders differ sharply over the question of separate electorates?

Discuss. Imagine you are a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.

Discuss. Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.

Discuss. List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they joined the movement.

Write in Brief. Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.

Write in Brief. Write a newspaper report on: (a) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre (b) The Simon Commission

Write in Brief. What is meant by the idea of satyagraha?

Write in Brief Explain : (a) Why growth of nationalism in the colonies is linked to an anti-colonial movement. (b)How the First World War helped in the growth of the National Movement in India. (c) Why Indians were outraged by the Rowlatt Act.

Activity-5. Bharat Mata, Abanindranath Tagore, 1905. Notice that the mother figure here is shown as dispensing learning, food and clothing. The mala in one hand emphasises her ascetic quality. Abanindranath Tagore, like Ravi Varma before him, tried to develop a style ofpainting that could be seen as truly Indian.

Discuss-2. Read the Source D carefully. Do you agree with Iqbal’s idea of communalism? Can you define communalism in a different way?

Discuss-1. Why did various classes and groups of Indians participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

Activity-4. Find out about other participants in the National Movement who were captured and put to death by the British.

Activity-2. The year is 1921. You are a student in a government-controlled school. Design a poster urging school students to answer Gandhiji’s call to join the Non- Cooperation Movement.

Activity-1. Read the text carefully. What did Mahatma Gandhi mean when he said satyagraha is active resistance?

Activity-1. In what way do you think the print of Frederic Sorriee depicts a utopian vision?