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General Studies Project
(2019-20)
Name – Shreya Garg
Class & Sec. – 12
th
D
Roll No. – 38
Team –
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Acknowledgement
I would like to convey my heartiest thanks to Ms. PRERNA ARYA my General
Studies Teacher who always gave me valuable suggestions and guidance during
the completion of my project work. She helped me to understand and
remember important details of the project that I would otherwise have forget.
My project has been a success only because of her guidance.
______________________ Place : New Delhi
Shreya Garg
Class – XII-D Date :
Roll No. – 38
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that SHREYA GARG of class XII-D of Oxford Senior
Secondary School, Vikas Puri has completed the project under my
supervision. She has taken proper care and shown utmost sincerity in the
completion of the project.
I certify that this project is up to my expectations and as per the guidelines
issued by CBSE.
______________________ Place : New Delhi
Ms.
(Project Guide) Date :
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CONTENTS
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T O P I C PA G E
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1. The Revolt of 1857 —the First War of
Independence
 Causes of the Revolt: 5 – 7
 Main events of the revolt: 7
 Centers of the revolt: 7 – 8
 Failure of Great Indian Revolt of 1857
and Its Causes
9 – 10
2. History of the Indian National
Congress
 The Moderate Phase 11 – 12
 The Extremist Phase 12 – 15
 Terrorist and Revolutionary
Movements
15 – 18
3. Important Indian Freedom Fighters and
their contributions
19 – 20
4. The Success of Democracy in India 21 – 22
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The Revolt of 1857 —the First War of Independence
By the first half of the 19th century, the East India Company had brought major portions of India under its control.
One hundred years after the Battle of Plassey, anger against the unjust and oppressive British Government took the
form of a revolt that shook the very foundations of British rule in India.
While British historians called it the Sepoy Mutiny, Indian historians named it the Revolt of 1857 or the First War of
Indian Independence. The Revolt of 1857 had been preceded by a series of disturbances in different parts of the
country from the late eighteenth century onwards.
The Sanyasi Rebellion in North Bengal and the Chunar rebellion in Bihar and Bengal broke out in the late
eighteenth century. There were several peasant uprisings in the mid- nineteenth century, the most important of
which were those by the Moplah peasants of the Malabar and the Faraizi movement by Muslim peasants in Bengal.
The first half of the nineteenth century also witnessed a number of tribal revolts. In this context, mention may be
made of the rebellions of the Bhils of Madhya Pradesh, the Santhals of Bihar and the Gonds and Khonds of Orissa.
However, all these disturbances were localized. Although serious and, in some cases, long drawn, these did not
pose any serious threat to the existence of the British Empire.