Q10
Indian National MovementPartition of Bengal, Swadeshi & Home Rule
The Surat Split in the Congress Party happened in
- a.1906
- b.1907
- c.1908
- d.1909
Answer: (B) 1907
The Congress split into Moderates and Extremists at its Surat session in December 1907, presided over by Rash Behari Ghosh. At the 1906 Calcutta session under Dadabhai Naoroji, Swaraj was first declared the Congress goal, and the Muslim League was founded at Dacca that December. In 1908 Tilak was sentenced to six years in Mandalay jail. 1909 brought the Morley-Minto Reforms, which introduced separate electorates for Muslims.