{"id":1093,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/differentiate-moderate-nationalism-from-extremist-militant-upsc-psir-2017-1502\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:49","slug":"differentiate-moderate-nationalism-from-extremist-militant-upsc-psir-2017-1502","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/differentiate-moderate-nationalism-from-extremist-militant-upsc-psir-2017-1502\/","title":{"rendered":"Differentiate Moderate Nationalism from Extremist\/ Militant Nationalism in terms of their objectives and means."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> both Congress phases after 1885, anti-colonial <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> diverge on objectives (what to demand) + means (how)<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> shared nationalist goal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> split over scope of demand and method, not over patriotism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><i>Objectives<\/i> \u2014 Moderates <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gradual reform inside the colonial frame (representation, councils, rule of law, Home Rule) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trust in British liberalism (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Naoroji<\/b>: justice-loving British, reasonableness of demands) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Extremists reject the faith <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Swaraj + national self-respect (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Tilak<\/b>: \u201cSwaraj is my birthright\u201d). <i>Means<\/i> \u2014 Moderates <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> petitions, prayers, memorials, constitutional agitation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Extremists <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> boycott, Swadeshi, national education, passive resistance + cultural \/ festival energy (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Aurobindo<\/b>: \u201cpolitical mendicancy\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Bipan Chandra<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Moderate method not mere submissiveness <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> both phases predecessors of Gandhi\u2019s struggle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> parting at the Surat Split, 1907 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> over method and pace, not the goal<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> two complementary stages <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> together built the ground for Gandhian mass politics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[57],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1093","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-indian-nationalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1093\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}