The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-19

-NSN iOih sept Aos-LoJPAl NNai'
one Of the leading native lawyers
OF India. who is TO preside at the
Indian National Congress in Calcutta
this month. was a political exile in
New York for four years. During
this time. 1915 TO 1920, he was the
ments for Indias freedom. Around
Raj who is the idol OF the Hindus
and Moslems united in the move
ment having for its object the self
government of India as an autonom-
Gus dominion of the British Empire,
there clusters the memories of many
battles for home rule.
In 1907. the fiftieth anniversary
of the Indian Mutiny, when rioting
by 1900 Dacoits in Eastern Bengal
was taken as the precursor of a ma
tion-wIde uprising, Sir DenZil Ibbet
son. lieutenant governor of the Pun
lab declared martial law in Lahore
and arrested 36 alleged radicals Of
whom Raj was the ringleader, Raj,
a financier, intellectual and formerly
prominent member Of the Lahore
bar. was deported to Mandalay in
Burmah, where he remained for sew
eral months until the excitement sub
sided Upon being released Raj was
acclaimed by a crowd Of admirers in
Lahore and carried in triumph upon
mer's shoulders through the streets.
For the next ten years Raj advo-
Gated with voice and pen, self-gov-
errlment for India but not by armed
revolt He favored passive resistance
70 the British government. The pres
ent Widespread boycott of everything
British is due in measure to his in
fluence. Raj lectured in the United
States in 1916 and 1917 on the Indian
Nationalist cause and showed its cor
relation to the religions OF India.
According to DR.. n. s. Hardiker
who succeeded Raj as director, Of the
Indian Information Bureau here, the
modern Nationalist movement dates
from the unsuccessful war Of inde-
pendence or Sepoy Rebellion OF 1857.
Its successive stages. he says, have
been partly as follows
lS5s-Queen Victoria assured the
Indians Of Justice under the British
crown"
1s6l-Imperial Legislative councils
increased and additional provincial
councils formed.
1S71-The first Indian national or
ganization known as the Indian AS
socaticn, formed for political propa-
ganda among the Hindus
1s7s-Nationalist press curbed by
passage Of Press Act.
lss4-First National assembly, the
Indian National Union, formed by Cal
cutta students.
lss5-First Indian National Con-
gress convenes in Bombay
lss7-Briush assassination of Brit |
ish officers as an opposition" force.
lss7-First assassination OF British |
officers in Poona marks beginning |
Of terrorist movement"
ls0l--Indian troops fight for Eng
land in Boer war.
l902-Hindus protest against Brit
ish expeditions to Tibet.
l9Oi-Lord Curzon. Viceroy of In
dia. holds Durbar at Delhi against |
wishes Of many Indians.
l904-Passage of Universities Ac. /.
deprives Indian colleges of independ- |
ence; result OF Russo-Japanese war
gives impetus TO all India move
ment
ls0j-Division Of Province OF Ben |
gs' and revision Of taxation reguls- |
tio7s in effect since the days Of Lord /
Co~rwalis.
1905 - Indian National Congress ,
me s AZ Calcutta and demands self
govsrrmest
19O7-Propaganda centers established .
~ fcreign countries 10 agitate Indian .
Independence radical and liberal Ma
ticraNs,s in India split.
l9OS-M L. Dhlngra assassinates
Sr Curzon Wyllie. member Of the
Indian House and a companion In .
London from 1908 to 1890 numerous
other bomb-throwing and assassina-
ticrs and the Imprisonment Of Indian
Leaders including r c. Tnak editor
ct Kesari C"The Lion0 an Indian .
yerno"ular newspaper and the Ma
t'"oalist leader OF India. In addition
? 637 cases Of plunderlng Of rich .
men by Dacots TO gather revolution
oiv furd' have bsen reported from
1915 to 1920
1902 Mo,ley-Nlinto antl-revolution
government reforms introduced under
tre N.ceroysty of Lorl Mimic.
lsl0-Wholesale arres.s. depor- ations
impr.sonments ana hangings OF Indian
students for bomb throwing and CON
spirocy In Maniktola Aupac. Benares,
Mask Eolhapur and other places.
lsl2-Attempt on life Of Lord Hard
frye Vic ROY Of india and wounlng
0. Lady EIardmge
1914 10 Numerous social. poll
ticel end industrial movements started
a. follows l-An-Inda social move
riert for the reformation ~ social
cNe'cms and radtion% 2--All-India
depressed classes movement. Tor the
alienation q the conditions of the
po1rcs, elements In india 3--Tha one
lrn7uags movement. Tor the adoption
O.. Hujusanee as the language of
Inila' 4-The industrial movement.
FER the organization ~ the vas,
mGsses cf InG.an farmers ana factory
workers
lsl5-Three hundred SBhs (natlves
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