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Unit-17 Congress Rule and Day of Delievernce (1937-39)

The document discusses the Congress rule from 1937-1939 after provincial elections were held in 1936-1937. It summarizes that the Congress proved to be a purely Hindu party that only worked to benefit Hindus during its 27 month rule. Some Congress leaders even stated they would take revenge on Muslims for the last 700 years. The Congress declared Hindi as the national language, banned cow slaughter, and made it compulsory to worship Gandhi in schools. It introduced educational policies to sway Muslim children away from their culture and identity. The Congress ministries also weakened the Muslim economy by closing government offices to them and harming Muslim trade and agriculture. When riots broke out due to these biased policies, judges were pressured to rule in favor of Hindus.

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Unit-17 Congress Rule and Day of Delievernce (1937-39)

The document discusses the Congress rule from 1937-1939 after provincial elections were held in 1936-1937. It summarizes that the Congress proved to be a purely Hindu party that only worked to benefit Hindus during its 27 month rule. Some Congress leaders even stated they would take revenge on Muslims for the last 700 years. The Congress declared Hindi as the national language, banned cow slaughter, and made it compulsory to worship Gandhi in schools. It introduced educational policies to sway Muslim children away from their culture and identity. The Congress ministries also weakened the Muslim economy by closing government offices to them and harming Muslim trade and agriculture. When riots broke out due to these biased policies, judges were pressured to rule in favor of Hindus.

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Unit—17

CONGRESS RULE AND DAY OF DELIEVERNCE (1937—39)


The government of India Act of 1935 was practically implemented in 1937. The
provincial elections were held in the winter of 1936—37. There were two political
parties in the Sub—continent at that time, the congress and the Muslim league.
Both parties did their best to persuade the masses before these elections and put
before them manifesto. The political manifestos of both parties were almost
identical, although there were two major differences. Congress stood for joint
electorate and the league for separate electorates; congress wanted Hindi as
official language with Deva Nagri script of writing while the league wanted Urdu
with President Script.

Congress Tyranny:

The congress proved to be a pure Hindu party and worked during its reign only for
the betterment of the Hindus. Twenty-seven months of the congress rule were
like a nightmare for the Muslims of India. Some of the congress leaders even
stated that they would take revenge from the Muslims for the last 700 years of
their slavery.

After taking charge in July 1937, congress declared Hindi as the national language
and Deva Nagri as the official script. The congress flag was given the status of
national flag, slaughtering of cows was prohibited and it was made compulsory
for the children of worship the picture of Gandhi at school. Band-i-Mataram , an
anti Muslim song taken from Bankim Chandra Chatterji’s novel Ananda Math, was
made the national anthem of the country. Religious intolerance was the order of
the day. Muslims were not allowed to construct new mosques. Hindus would play
drums in front of mosques when Muslims were praying.

The congress government introduced a new educational policy in the provinces


under their rule known as the Warda Taleemi scheme. The main plan was to sway
Muslim children against their ideology and to tell them that all the people living in
India were Indian and thus belonged to one nation. In Bihar and C.P the Vidya
Mandar scheme was introduced according to which Mandar education was made
compulsory at elementary level. The purpose of the scheme was to obliterate the
cultural traditions of the Muslims and to inculcate into the minds of Muslim
children the superiority of the Hindu culture.

The congress ministries did their best to weaken the economy of Muslims. They
closed the doors of government officer for them, which was one the main sources
of income for the Muslims in the region. They also harmed Muslim trade and
agriculture. When Hindu—Muslim riot broke out due to these biased policies of
the congress ministries, the government pressured the judges, decisions were
made in favor of Hindus and Muslims were sent behind bars.

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