Yes they split, but reunited at Lucknow Session 1916.
Extremists repressed after Surat Split and movement rendered leaderless.
- 1908-11: Revolutionary phase mass politics
- 1906: Calcutta Session: 4 resolutions passed (1 goal = Swaraj) through 3 methods - boycott, national education & swadeshi
- Partition of Bengal Oct 1905 was condemned in these resolutions
- Tilak established the Nationalistic Party to change the INC from within
- 1906: Morley’s Budget speech hinted at Council reforms
- 1907: moderates prevented session in Puna/Nagpur
- at Surat, fight over Presidency and readoption of Calcutta resolution
- shoes hurled, chairs broken, leading to split + extremists expelled.
- 1908: Allahabad Convention (Mehta Congress) declared their loyalists to the British Raj
- 1908: session in Madras
