Masterclass on Indian History and Freedom Struggle

Examine the rise of British rule in India through the British East India Company chartered in 1600, its trading posts, political interference, and the Carnatic Wars.

Trace the British administration reforms, land revenue systems—permanent settlement, ryotwari, mahalwari—tax burdens and rural indebtedness, centralized Calcutta bureaucracy, legal codification, English administration, social reform and economic drain fueling independence.

Gandhi emerges as a nationalist leader, driving mass mobilization through the non-cooperation (1920–22), civil disobedience (1932–34), and Quit India (1942) movements, shaping a struggle for social and economic Swaraj.

Arresting suspects on mere suspicion and censoring the press under the Rowlatt Act 1919 provoked nationwide protests led by Gandhi and Congress, culminating in the Juleanna Willowbank massacre.

Mahatma Gandhi led the Indian freedom struggle using nonviolence, civil disobedience, and non-cooperation, uniting villages and mass movements from Champaran to Quit India, including Swadeshi.

The Khilafat movement in India mobilized Hindus and Muslims after World War I to restore the Turkish caliphate, led by Muhammad Ali, Maulana Azad, and Gandhi.

Trace the Malabar rebellion within the non-cooperation movement in Kerala, highlighting gandhian influence, Kallaugher committees, and Hindu-Muslim unity amid martial law and crackdown.

Join the non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi, a nationwide nonviolent resistance against British rule, featuring boycotts of government services, foreign goods, and calls for self-reliant national institutions.

The Swaraj party formed in 1923 from a congress split, advocating entering governance to press reforms from within, and obstructed central and provincial councils to demand responsible government.

Explore the Montague-Chelmsford reforms through the act of 1919, establishing limited Indian representation in central and provincial councils and introducing diarchy with a central–provincial power balance.

The Simon Commission report examined the progress of diarchy and constitutional reforms in British India, but its all-white, Indian-exclusion composition sparked widespread dissent and calls for Indian representation.

Trace the rise of India's working class, the formation of the All India Trade Union Congress in 1928, and the impact of factory acts and strikes.

Highlight Bhagat Singh as a revolutionary freedom fighter who led organized armed action against British rule, and link Lahore trial and central assembly bombing to enduring revolutionary ideals.

Hindustan Socialist Republic Association, formerly Hindustan Republik Association, drew inspiration from Bolsheviks and the 1917 Russian Revolution, including the Kokoity train robbery.

Examine the causes, course, and consequences of World War I, including trench warfare and two alliances. Trace the interwar period, World War II, and the birth of the Cold War.