TNPSC Indian National Movement (INM) Free Notes – Surat Split 1907

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Surat Split 1907

Introduction
 1906 – Lord Minto was appointed as the new Secretary of State to India.
 Hence the tension between the militants and the moderates became more pronounced

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1906 Calcutta session
 Moderates candidate – Dadabhai Naoroji
 Millitants candidate – Tilak or Lala Lajpat Rai
 President – Dadabhai Naoroji
 Moderates led by Pherozeshah Mehta, were defeated in this election.
 Congress split was avoided by accepting moderate demands.
 Millitants resolutions passed in 1906 Calcutta session
 Swadeshi,
 Boycott,
 National Education, and
 Self-Government.
1907 Surat session
 Initially 1907 session was originally planned to be held in Poona.
 But Poona become a stronghold centre of the militants. Fearing a repeat of the Calcutta
session, the moderates shifted the venue to Surat.
 Moderates candidate – Rash Behari Ghosh
 Millitants candidate – Lala Lajpat Rai
 Lala Lajpat Rai, however, turned down the offer to avoid the split.

 Rash Behari Ghosh become the president of 1907 Surat session
 The Pherozeshah Mehta group removed 1906, militants resolution from the agenda.
 In order to counter Mehta’s manoeuvering, the militants decided to oppose the election
of Rash Behari Gosh as president. Hence the session ended in chaos.
 The Indian National Congress, born in December 1885, was now split into two groups –
militant and moderate.
 The Congress which emerged after the Surat split was more loyal to the British than they
were before.
1908 Madras session
 The new Congress, minus the militants, came to be known as Mehta Congress.
 This congress session was only attended by moderates.
 On the other hand militants could not crystallize into a new political organization.
Timeline
Year Place President
190
6
Calcutt
a

Dadabhai Naoroji

190
7
Surat Rash Behari
Ghosh

190
8
Madras Rash Behari
Ghosh

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