i) Under the Lucknow Pact (1916) the Congress and the Muslim League agreed that there should be self - government in India as soon as possible.
ii) In return, the congress leadership accepted the concept of separate electorate for Muslims.

i) To attain self - government within the British Empire by using constitutional means.
ii) To obtain the status of dominion a political position accorded later to Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
iii) To use non-violent constitutional methods to achieve their goals.

i) India was economically subjugated and transformed into a supplier of raw material to the British industries.
ii) It became a market to dump English manufactures and for the investment of British capital.
iii) The colonial economy was a continuous transfer of resources from India to Britain without any favourable returns back to India.
iv) This is called "the drain of wealth".

(i) One of the most significant contributions of early Indian nationalists was the formulation of an economic critique of colonialism.
(ii) India was economically subjugated and transformed into a supplier of raw material to the British industries.
(iii) Simultaneously it became a market to dump English manufactures and for the investment of British capital.
(iv) So the colonial economy was a continuous transfer of resources from India to Britain without any favourable returns back to India. This is called the drain of wealth.

i) Restorative rebellions
ii) Social Banditry
iii) Religious Movements
iv) Mass Insurrection