What the examiner wants

Identify world political, economic and social developments that inspired India's anti-colonial struggle.

Demand-wise check

1. 1Political: American and French Revolutions' ideals, Italian and German unification, Japan's victory over Russia (1905), Irish Home Rule, Russian Revolution (1917), Wilson's self-determination, WWII and Atlantic Charter≈30 words
2. 2Economic: industrial capitalism and drain, Great Depression (1929) hitting peasants, war-time inflation≈30 words
3. 3Social: spread of liberal and socialist ideas, Turkish Khilafat question (1920), Western education and press≈30 words
4. 4Show the link in each case to an Indian response (e.g. Khilafat movement, Home Rule Leagues, socialist wing of Congress)≈30 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Value addition

• ExampleChurchill stated in 1941 that the Atlantic Charter's self-determination clause did not apply to India, sharpening nationalist anger.Atlantic Charter, 1941
• ExampleJapan's defeat of Russia in 1905 broke the myth of European invincibility, influencing Swadeshi-era nationalists.Russo-Japanese War, 1905