promoting Swadeshi (Indigenous) products and the cause of Swaraj (Self-rule) for India. He would become the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1923. Azad was one of the main organisers of the Dharasana Satyagraha in 1931‚ and emerged as one of the most important national leaders of the time‚ prominently leading the causes of Hindu-Muslim unity as well as espousing secularism and socialism. He served as Congress President from 1940 to 1945‚ during which the Quit
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India received independence from Britain on August 15‚ 1947. The struggle for India’s independence was replete with outstanding contributions from various luminary nationalist leaders. The contributions of leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru‚ Gopal Krishan Gokhale‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak‚ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose‚ Lala Lajpat Rai‚ etc. have been laudable. But if one were asked to name a leader who undisputedly contributed the most‚ the name of Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi would undoubtedly be at the apex
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the quality of mind or spirit without violence is Mohanads Karmachand Ghandi is often referred to as Mahatma or the "Great Soul"‚ was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha‚ or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience—a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa‚ or total nonviolence‚ he was quoted as saying: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."‚ "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for
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named Hirlal‚ Manilal‚ Ramdas‚ and Devdas. It was at this age that Mahatma first helped protest excessive land-tax and discrimination on the poorer people of India. What made him different from other protesters was that he created the concept of Satyagraha which is a nonviolent way of protesting injustices. He also spent 20 years of his life in South Africa fighting discrimination. He is also majorly known for leading the Indians in the Dandi Salt March of 1930 challenging the British-imposed salt
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`Father of the nation`‚ was born on the 2nd of October in 1869‚ in Porbunder‚ Gujarat. He studied law in U.K and practiced law in South Africa. But he left his profession and returned to India to join the Indian freedom struggle. He established the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad and the Sabarmati Ashram‚ which became a platform for introducing long-needed social reforms such as `Harijan` welfare‚ small-scale industries and self-reliance and rehabilitation of lepers. Gandhi protested against the Rowlatt
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THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT: 1870s – 1947 Q1. Define nationalism? Ans. The feeling of oneness and unity among the people of a nation or patriotic feeling‚ principles and policy of national independence is termed as nationalism. Q2. What were the factors that led to the rise of national consciousness among the people of India? Ans. The factors that led to the rise of national consciousness among the people of India were: Political associations came into being in the 1870s and 1880s:Most
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to see India freed from British rule in a bloodless revolution‚ similar to the "Glorious Revolution" of Seventeenth Century England. Knowing that violence only begets violence‚ he began the practicing of passive resistance‚ or as he called it‚ "Satyagraha" which means "holding onto truth". In his famous Salt March of 1930‚ Gandhi and thousands of others marched to a coast where salt lay on the beaches to protest the British Governments’ prohibition against the Indians making their own salt. Though
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Indian lawyer in South Africa in a time when the British and Boers grossly mistreated Indians. He disagreed with the laws of South Africa‚ which included poll taxes for Indians and not recognizing Hindu marriages. In response‚ he started a campaign‚ Satyagraha‚ which means truth and firmness. He spoke out against the actions of the British and Boers and convinced the Indian people to rally behind him. He set out on a 240-mile march to the sea to collect salt‚ which Indians were prohibited from
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Bachhan – a leading actor in the Indian film industry. Mahatma Gandhi‚ a lawyer by profession‚ used his simple philosophy and strong foresight to bring down the 300+ years of British rule‚ paving the way for India’s independence. His principles of Satyagraha (Fight for truth)‚ Non Violence‚ Non co-operation and Swadeshi (reject foreign made products) movement‚ were simple but effective. Gandhiji conceived that a strategic‚ planned and mass approach was required‚ rather than muscle power‚ to oust the
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is the duty of the said people to speak out against the law for its unfair and corrupt nature. In the case of Mahatma Gandhi‚ he empowered the people of India to revolt against British rule and emerged victorious. His “action-based philosophy satyagraha‚ or truth force‚” (O’Neill) led to what we now refer to as the Salt March. Gandhi led a group of 78 men on a trail spanning 241 miles to revolt against the British salt law that Indian men were not allowed to produce their own salt‚ a necessity
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