MAINS 2013
GS1
10 marks
Several foreigners made India their homeland and participated in various movements. Analyze their role in the Indian struggle for freedom.
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7 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Analyse how foreigners who adopted India contributed to the freedom movement.
AnalyzeBreak it into parts, show how the parts connect, and judge which matter most.
Demand-wise check
- 1Founding phase: A.O. Hume (INC 1885), William Wedderburn, George Yule (INC president 1888)≈35 words
- 2Political mobilisation: Annie Besant's Home Rule League (1916), INC president 1917; Nellie Sengupta (INC president 1933)≈35 words
- 3Gandhian phase: C.F. Andrews ('Deenabandhu'), Mira Behn (Madeleine Slade), Samuel 'Satyananda' Stokes≈35 words
- 4Nationalist culture and press: Sister Nivedita, B.G. Horniman (Bombay Chronicle, deported 1919)≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Phase-wise rolesAnalysis of nature (moderate links, mass mobilisation, press, social reform)LimitsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only listing names without analysing their roles
- Including foreign sympathisers abroad who never made India home
Draw this
- Timeline 1885-1947 with each figure placed by phase
Value addition
- FactSamuel Stokes, an American settled in Himachal, joined Non-Cooperation and was jailed for sedition in 1921.Freedom struggle histories
- FactB.G. Horniman, editor of the Bombay Chronicle, was deported in 1919 for reporting on Jallianwala Bagh.Bombay Chronicle history
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