SCB and Forward Bloc Flashcards
When was Subhas born?
23 January, 1897
Why did Subhas resign from the Indian Civil Service in 1921?
His nationalist instinct prevented him from serving the British Crown
When did Subhas enter active politics?
At the age of 24
When did Subhas become a Swarajist?
In 1923
Why was Subhas not in love with the Gandhian thought?
He was a political realist. He was an agitator and an aggressive fighter for Swaraj.
When did Subhas organise Forward Bloc?
In May, 1939
Why did Subhas organise Forward Bloc?
He said in the absence of a disciplined Left Wing Organisation, he could not fight the Orthodox Wing led by Gandhi
Of what was Subhas elected President! When?
He was elected President of the Haripura Congress Session in 1938
For what was Subhas re-elected in 1939?
As Congress President for the Tripuri Session (MP) to be held in 1939
Which leader did Gandhi support in the Tripuri Session?
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
By a majority of how many votes did Bose win in the Tripuri Session?
By a majority of 95 votes
What was the first in the Tripuri Session about?
The formation of the Congress Working Committee
Why did Bose resign the Chairmanship of the Party on 29 April, 1939?
Pant, Patel and some other members of the All-India Congress Committee wanted that Subhas should constitute his Working Committee with the wishes of Gandhi. However, Gandhi refused to suggest any names.
Who was elected in place of Bose?
Rajendra Prasad
State the difference between Gandhi and Subhas’s views
- Subhas believed in Socialism and was well known for his revolutionary beliefs which was against Gandhi’s policy.
- He believed that freedom could not be obtained without outside support of some kind. He followed the principle that “England’s necessity was India’s opportunity” which Gandhi opposed.
- Bose believe in employing tact and diplomacy while dealing with his opponents. He couldn’t appreciate the openness with which Gandhi laid all his cards at the time the Second around arable Conference in London
Name the factors leading to the formation of the Forward Bloc
- Bose’ are-election as Congress President against Gandhi’s wishes
- His socialist beliefs
- His revolutionary ideas
What resolution did the Congress Working Committee pass against Bose?
Disqualifying him to be member if any Congress Committee for three years
Name the objectives of the Forward Bloc
Liberation of India with the support of workers, peasants, youths and all radical organisations
What did Bose believe in for attaining national Independence?
Uncompromising anti-imperialist struggle
Give the measures suggested by Bose for a Socialist Society
- State-planning for the reorganisation of agriculture and industry on Socialist lines
- Abolition of landlordism
- Social ownership of the means of production and means of distribution
- Making the right to work as a Fundamental Right of the citizens
- Providing workers several kinds of benefits, such as the payment of minimum wages and occupational safety
- A new Monetary and Credit System in the light of the theories current in the modern world
Give two of the objectives of the Forward Bloc
- Freedom in the matter of religious worship
2. Linguistic and cultural autonomy for all sections of the Indian community