Modern Indian History with two subdecks (pre 1885 and post 1885).
| Front | Safety Valve Theory |
| Back | The myth is that the Indian National Congress was started by A.O. Hume and others under the official direction, guidance and advice of no less a person than Lord Dufferin, the Viceroy, to provide a safe, mild, peaceful, and constitutional outlet or safety valve for the rising discontent among the masses, which was inevitably leading towards a popular and violent revolution.Consequently, the revolutionary potential was nipped in the bud. The core of the myth, that a violent revolution was on the cards at the time and was avoided only by the foundations of the Congress, is accepted by most writers; the liberals welcome it,the radicals use it to prove that the Congress has always been compromising if not loyalist vis-a-vis imperialism, the extreme right use it to show that the Congress has been anti-national from the beginning. |
| Text | Syed Ahmed Khan wanted to reconcile {{c1::Western scientific education}} with the teachings of the Quran, which were to be interpreted in the light of contemporary rationalism and science even though he also held the Quran to be the ultimate authority. |
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| Text | {{c1::Rashbehari Bose}} and {{c1::Sachin Sanyal}} staged a spectacular bomb attack on Viceroy Hardinge while he was making his official entry into the new capital of Delhi in a procession through Chandni Chowk in December 1912. (Hardinge was injured, but not killed.) |
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