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The method, popularly known as Constitutional Agitation Method followed by the early Nationalists. They believed in the policy of Constitutional agitation within the legal framework and slow orderly politics progress.

From 1885 to 1905, the Congress was led by a group of leaders known as the Early Nationalists. The members of this group were drawn from the educated middle class consisting of professionals like lawyers, barristers, teachers and officials, who drew inspiration from Western Liberal and Radical thoughts.

The Early Nationalists demanded the following civil rights:

• Abolition of the Preventive Detention Act and restoration of individual liberties.
• Restoration of right to assemble and to form associations
• Removal of the restrictions imposed by the British government on the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press.

The Early Nationalists included leaders from all parts of the country as:

• W.C. Bonnerjee, Rashbehari Ghosh, Surendranath banerjee and R. C. Dutta from Bengal.
• Dadabhai Naroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhle from Maharashtra.
• P. R. Naidu, Subramania Iyer and Ananda Charlu from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
• Pandit Madam Mohan Malviya from Utter Pradesh.

The main demand of Early Nationalist under civil rights was the removal of the restrictions imposed by the British government on the freedom of speech, and the freedom of the press.

The methods adopted by the Early Nationalists had two objectives:

• Their first objective was to educate people in India in modern politics, to arouse national political consciousness and to create united public opinion.
  
• The second objective of the early nationalists was to influence the British government and the British public.
  

The second objective of the Early nationalists was to influence the British government and the British public. To achieve this objective, they made use of three P's i.e. petitions, prayers and protests. They sent petition request and letters of protest to the British government to look into the problems of the Indians.

From 1885 to 1905, Congress was led by a group of leaders known as the Early Nationalists. The members of this group were drawn from the educated middle class consisting of professionals like lawyers, barristers, teachers and officials, who drew inspiration from Western Liberal and Radical thoughts. The Early Nationalists included leaders from all parts of the country as:

• W. C. Bonnerjee
• Rashbehari Ghosh
• Surendranath Banerjee
• R. C. Dutta
• P. R. Naidu
• Subramania Iyer