The first organised militant movements were in Bengal, but they later took root in the newly formed Indian National Congress with prominent moderate leaders seeking only their basic right to appear for Indian Civil Service (British India) examinations, as well as more rights, economic in nature, for the people of the soil.
Os primeiros movementos militantes organizados producíronse en Bengala, pero mais tarde tomaron forma no Congreso Nacinoal Indio con destacados líderes moderados que pretendían acadar o seu dereito básico de aparecer nas examinacións do Servizo Civil Indio, así como outros dereitos, de natureza económica, para a xente do común.