The first two decades of INC is described in history as a moderate era. Among some of the prominent moderate leaders were Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Feroz Shah Mehta, Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Anand Mohan Bose. They had a sense of confidence in British justice and their generosity. Their aim was not aggressive nationalism for attaining independence. Leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, raised extremist ideology. B.G. Tilak accused that they believed in constitutional method and favoured the policy of protest, prayer, and petition. ....Read more