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In 1873 peasants of Yusufshahi pargana of Pabna organized an agrarian league to resist the demands of Zamindars which raised funds to meet litigation expenses, held mass meetings to which villagers were called by the sounding of buffalo horns, drums and night cries passing from hamlet to hamlet, and also occasionally withheld rent.

Khudai Khidmatgar was a Pashtun nonviolent resistance movement against the British Raj in the North-West Frontier Province. Also called Surkh Posh or “Red Shirts”, this was originally a social reform organisation focusing on education and the elimination of blood feuds; it was known as the Anjuman-e-Islah-e Afaghina.
Founder: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Founded: 1929

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was the most prominent campaigner for Hindu widow remarriage and petitioned the Legislative council despite severe opposition and a counter petition against the proposal with nearly four times more signatures by Radhakanta Deb and the Dharma Sabha.
Shom Prakash was started by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1859 under the editorship of Dwarakanath Vidyabhushana. It was a weekly paper coming from the Sanskrit Press. It is remembered for its contribution to the Indigo Movement.

It was founded on 31 October 1920 with Lala Lajpat Rai as its first president in Bombay by Lala Lajpat Rai, Joseph Baptista, N. M. Joshi, Diwan Chaman Lall and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. AITUC was formed to provide representation for India at the League of Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO).

Indian Association, nationalist political group in India that favoured local self-government and served as a preparatory agent for the more truly national Indian National Congress. The association was founded in Bengal in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose. And in 1878 it objected to the Vernacular Press Act, which stifled the Indian press

Servants of India Society was founded on 12 June 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale to build a dedicated group of people for social service and reforms.

The society still exists and has its headquarters in Pune.

By 1938, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose had emerged as candid spokespersons of the Congress.
The idea of National Planning Committee was put forth by SC Bose in this session
National Planning Committee was the Forerunner of India’s Planning Commission

Eka Movement or Unity Movement is a peasant movement which surfaced in Hardoi, Bahraich and Sitapur during the end of 1921 by Madari Pasi
The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, on which a group of people from British India attempted to emigrate to Canada in 1914
On 20th August 1917, Montagu presented the historic Montagu Declaration (August Declaration) in the British Parliament. This declaration proposed the increased participation of Indians in the administration and the development of self-governing institutions in India.

Mountbatten prepared a “Dickie Bird Plan” for India’s independence. This plan was prepared by a committee of General Sir Hastings Ismay, Sir George Abell and Lord Mountbatten himself.
Balkan plan was an alternative plan to Cabinet mission.

Aurobindo Ghosh gave the slogan that political freedom is the life breath of a nation.
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution