Answer the questions briefly

V. Answer the questions briefly

1. List out the contribution of the moderates.

• The moderates conducted hail meetings and they discussed the problems of the country in English.

• They conducted mass public meetings and used vernacular languages to address the larger public.

2. Write a note on the Tirunelveli Uprising.

• V.O.C. and Subramania Siva organised public meetings to celebrate the release of Bipin. So they were arrested and sentenced to rigorous irnprisionment.

• The arrest of these leaders sparked riots in Tirunelvely.

• Police station, court building and municipal office were burnt.

• The police shot dead four people.

• The leaders were arrested.

3. What is the contribution of Annie Besant to India's freedom struggle?

• Annie Besant started Home Rule League in 1916 and carried forward the demand for Home rule all over India.

• She and her supporters demanded Home rule with only a nominal allegiance to British Crown.

• She started the newspaper New India and Commonweal to carry forward her agenda.

• She wrote two books "How India wrought for freedom" and "India: A Nation''.

• People were drawn into the stream of freedom struggle.