Establishment of National Assembly

With the rise of national awakening, political movements started in different parts of India. Efforts to give it an all-India look also began during this period. The Indian Association held an All India Conference in Kolkata. These efforts led to the idea of ​​establishing a National Assembly.

Indian leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tayyabji, Feroze Shah Mehta, etc., began to feel that there should be an organization at the national level. He co-founded the Indian National Congress, the Indian National Assembly, with Sir Alan Hume, a retired British officer.

First Session of the National Assembly:

The first session of the National Assembly was convened on 28 December 1885 in Mumbai. Dadabhai Naoroji, Feroze Shah Mehta, p. Leaders like Rangaya Naidu, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar etc. participated in it. The convention was presided over by Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee. Many issues facing the country were discussed at the convention. During this period, the conventions of the National Assembly began to be held in different cities every year. The support of the people for the National Assembly was increasing. The National Assembly was an attempt to unite people of all faiths in the national movement.

This unity of the Indians began to seem dangerous to the British government. The government ruled that Indians in government service should not attend National Assembly meetings. It was not in their interest for the Muslim community to participate in the National Assembly, the British began to propagate; But this did not have much effect on leaders like Badruddin Tayyabji. The National Assembly focused on the exploitation of Indians by the British policy and their growing poverty. He demanded that Indians should be given a place in government jobs and the tax burden on farmers should be reduced.

Silent and  Extremist groups:

In the early days of the National Assembly, its leadership was entirely in the hands of the Nemastas, the Mavals. He was confident that the government would accede to his demands if he made statements or applications. He adopted the path of legislative demand reform. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the pioneer of Nemast.

The hopes of the Indians that the British government would accede to the demands of the Indians by considering the petitions were dashed.  As a result, some young people in the National Assembly became restless.  He began to think that the political movement could not move forward by following the path of Nemast.  He believed that the people should unite and fight for their rights.  Those who have such an ideology are called 'Jahal'.  Such youths were led by Lala Lajpatrai Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipinchandra Pal.

Lokmanya Tilak started 'Kesari' and 'Maratha' newspapers. Through these newspapers, he began to make the Indian people aware of their rights. He awakened the national spirit among the people through public Ganpati Utsav and Shiv Jayanti Utsav. He taught people to be fearless and self-respecting through his writings and speeches.