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2024Q1(viii)Factors Leading to the Growth of Nationalism and Foundation of the Indian National Congress
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The __________ aimed to introduce equality between British and Indian Judges.

Topic: The Ilbert Bill

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(d) Ilbert Bill.

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The Ilbert Bill of 1883, introduced under Lord Ripon, sought to allow Indian judges to try Europeans — a right they had been denied. The furious agitation by the British community forced the government to water it down, and the episode taught educated Indians a lasting lesson: that organised agitation worked, and that racial equality would not be given freely. It is often cited as a direct spur to the founding of the Congress in 1885. The distractors all move the other way — the Vernacular Press Act and the Gagging Act restricted Indian newspapers.

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Ilbert Bill.

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