Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born in a Brahmin family at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. After obtaining a degree in Law, he founded the Poona New English School.
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Bipin Chandra Pal was born in Sylhet (now a part of Bangladesh) in 1858. He is known as the ‘Father of Revolutionary Thought’ in India. He was a social reformer
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Lala Lajpat Rai was popularly known as ‘Punjab Kesari’ or ‘Sher-e-Punjab’. He was an eminent lawyer, educator, social reformer, and a strong critique of British rule. He joined Congress in 1888. He gave fiery speeches against the British government.
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Achievements of the Assertive Nationalists – They exposed the hollowness of the belief of the British sense of justice and fair play. They expressed their opinion and nationalistic ideas in vernacular languages and thus had a large mass base.
The main methods adopted by assertive nationalists were Swadeshi, Boycott, National Education, Passive Resistance, Repressive Measures of the Government
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Causes for the Rise of Assertive Nationalism – Recognition of the True Nature of the British Rule, Failure of the Early Nationalists, Deteriorating Economic Condition
The first summit of NAM took place in September 1961 at Belgrade in Yugoslavia. It was attended by 25 countries. Cyprus was the only European country that attended the session.
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Factors Leading to the Rise of Non Aligned Movement – Global tension caused by Cold War, Struggle against imperialism and neo-colonization, Independent foreign policy
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Jawaharlal Nehru, Nasser, and Tito were the three main founder members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Jawaharlal Nehru realized that one of the greatest dangers of India
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The League of Nations was created after the end of World War I whereas, The United Nations was formed after the end of World War II.
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