NCERT Book Class 8 Social Science (History) Chapter 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

8 The Making of the National
Movement: 1870s–1947

Fig. 1 – Police teargas
In the previous chapters, we have looked at: demonstrators during the
 The British conquest of territories, and takeover Quit India movement
of kingdoms
 Introduction of new laws and administrative

institutions
 Changes in the lives of peasants and tribals

 Educational changes in the nineteenth century

 Debates regarding the condition of women

 Challenges to the caste system

 Social and religious reform

 The revolt of 1857 and its aftermath

 The decline of crafts and growth of industries

On the basis of what you have read about these
issues, do you think Indians were discontented with
British rule? If so, how were different groups and classes
dissatisfied?

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