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2020Q2(a)Second Phase of the Indian National Movement: Partition of Bengal and Other Developments
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Answer briefly each of the questions (a) to (j):

Mention any two contributions of Bipin Chandra Pal in promoting Nationalism.

Topic: Bipin Chandra Pal

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Answer

Exam answer

(1) As a journalist he used the press to spread nationalist ideas, working for Bengal Public Opinion, The Tribune and New India, and he promoted NATIONAL EDUCATION as a means of rousing Indian youth and drawing them into the struggle for Swaraj. (2) As one of the trio Lal-Bal-Pal he championed Swadeshi, boycott and passive resistance during the anti-Partition agitation in Bengal; he also fought social evils, opposing the caste system and the bar on inter-dining, and advocating widow remarriage.

Explanation

One mark each. Cover two different fields — his political and journalistic work, and his social reform — rather than two versions of the same. Place him correctly: Bipin Chandra Pal was an ASSERTIVE Nationalist, one of Lal-Bal-Pal. Naming the newspapers makes the first point concrete and is what turns a general answer into a marks-winning one.

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