The Surat Split 1907

 The Surat Split

The Congress split at Surat came in December 1907, around the time when revolutionary activity had gained momentum. 

The struggle between Moderates & Extremists shows from December 1905, at the Benaras Session of Inidan National Congress. 

Note: 

The dream of a "Surat Split" was already conceived by Curzon when he made the statement "Congress was tottering to its fall & one of the biggest ambition in my life is to give it a peaceful demise."

Causes of the Surat Split: - 

• Bengal partition of 1905 apparently enabled the Extremists to criticize the moderates strategies & the partition further promoted the extremists ideology.  
• The Moderates method of constitutional agitation, expressed in the three P's- 

Petititon ; Prayer ; Protest 

while the extremist were not.

• In Surat session of the congress, the two main objective placed by the extremists were: - 
• "Lala Lajpat Rai to be made the president of the INC & the demand for the resolution of Swaraj"
• The two demand were not accepted by the moderates, and instead of the Lala Lajapat Rai, moderates support the Rash Behari Gosh as President.

 

"In 1906 at the Calcutta session, First time Dadabhai naoroji's declared the 'Self-government or Swarajya' was to be goal of the Congress."