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Lucknow (1916)
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Overview
The Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916 brought the Moderates, who had controlled the party, and the excluded Extremists back together.
The same year the Congress and the Muslim League agreed on the Lucknow Pact, during the Home Rule agitation.
Geography and key facts
- 1916 Congress session
- Moderates and Extremists reunited
- Lucknow Pact with the Muslim League
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked in a 2004 statement question; the Home Rule and Lucknow Pact phase is a core modern-history topic.
Note for UPSC
Lucknow Pact; Congress reunion.
Questions link places with movements, sessions and years of the national movement.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2004 · Q4Consider the following statements: Which of these statements given above is/are correct?…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Lucknow (1916).
Key facts
- Type
- Freedom-struggle site
- State / UT
- Uttar Pradesh
- Year
- 1916
- Coordinates
- 26.850°N, 80.950°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2004
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In the lessons
- British Expansion, the Revolt of 1857 and Social Reform
- The National Movement: 1885 to 1919
- Performing Arts, Paintings and Heritage
- Statements: Assumptions, Conclusions and Courses of Action
- The Revolt of 1857: Causes, Course, Leaders and Consequences
- Socio-Religious Reform II: Muslim, Sikh, Parsi and Anti-Caste Movements
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