CBSE Class 8 Social Science, Chapter 2: India’s Long Road to Independence

Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages

• Introductionpages 35–38
• A Royal Proclamationpages 38–40
• Reform Movementspage 40
• Other Influencespages 40–43
• The Rise of the Indian National Congresspage 44
• Growing Discontentpages 45–47
• The 1905 Partition of Bengal and National Awakeningpages 47–49
• The Nationalist Agendapages 49–52
• The All-India Muslim Leaguepage 52
• The 1907 Surat Splitpages 52–53
• The Revolutionariespages 54–59
• Home Rule Movement and the Lucknow Pactpages 59–60
• Gandhi and the Non-Cooperation Movementpages 60–61
• The Non-Cooperation Movementpages 61–62
• The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and its Aftermathpages 62–63
• The Khilafat Movement and its Aftermathpages 63–65
• Protests, Repression and Revengepages 65–66
• More revolutionary actionspages 66–67
• Purna Swaraj and Civil Disobediencepages 67–71
• The Gandhi-Irwin Pactpages 71–72
• The Idea of Separate Nationspages 72–73
• World War II and the Indian National Armypages 73–74
• The Quit India Movementpages 74–76
• Partition, Turmoil, and Independencepages 76–77
• ‘Direct Action’page 77
• The Partition of Indiapages 77–83