National Freedom Struggle in India (from 1857 to 1947 ) 1. phase of Moderates and Extremist Moderates The main objective of moderates was to awaken the people of India by launching their movement and putting their demands in a democratic way. Their demand were very soft in nature and they did not try to irritated the British. In a initial stage ,therefore this stage was known as Phase of Moderate.The main leaders of moderate were Dadabhai Naroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Surendranath Banerjee, Badruddin Tyabji, Firojshah Mehta etc. Dadabh ai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji known as the “Grand Old Man of India”. He was the first Indian who was elected to the house of commons in Britain. He was the professor in Presidency College of Bombay. He was the first Indian who ‘Measure the National Income of India’. In this article “India's debt to England” become concept of “ Drain of Wealth ”. His famous book was “Poverty and UN-British Rule in India”. Gopal Krishna Gok...
