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D. Answer the questions in brief :
1. What were the chief principles of Mahatma Gandhi?

2. What constructive programme was carried on by Gandhiji?
3. What was the Simon Commission? Why did the people protest against it?
4. What were the Round Table Conferences? What was their outcome?
5. What was the impact of the Second World War on the national movement for freedom?
6. What is the role of the Indian National Army in the national movement for freedom?

E. Answer the questions in detail :
1. What was the Communal Award?
2. Why was the Quit India Movement undertaken?

3. What were the important programmes in the Non-cooperation Movement? Why was it called off?
4. How was the Swaraj Party different from the Congress?
5. Give a brief account of Subhash Chandra Bose.
6. Who led the Civil Disobedience Movement and what was its effect?

1. Why the period from 1919 to 1947 has been described as the Gandhian Era?
2. What type of national movement should be run by us so that India can become free of all evils?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950) was a lawyer and influential political
leader in the Indian independence movement. He was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s ideology and
principles, having worked very closely with the leader. Despite being the choice of the people, on the
request of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel stepped down from the candidacy of Congress President,
which ultimately turned out to be the election to choose the first Prime Minister of independent India.
He was the first Home Minister of independent India and his uncompromising efforts towards
consolidation of the country earned him the title ‘Iron Man of India’.
After India achieved independence, Patel became the first Home Minister and also the Deputy Prime
Minister. Patel played a very crucial role in post-independence India by successfully integrating around
562 princely states under the Indian Dominion. The India that we see today was a result of the efforts
put in by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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