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Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond

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Gandhi's Return and Early Years in India (1915-1919)

  • Gandhi returned to India in January 1915 after two decades in South Africa where he developed satyagraha
  • South Africa was 'the making of the Mahatma' - where he first practiced non-violent protest
  • India in 1915 was politically more active with Congress having branches in major cities
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Rowlatt Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh (1919)

  • Rowlatt Act: Extended wartime emergency measures (censorship, detention without trial)
  • Gandhi called for nationwide satyagraha against Rowlatt Act
  • Widespread response: shops closed, schools shut, bandh observed across North and West India
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Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922)

  • Gandhi called for non-cooperation with British rule
  • Program: boycott schools, colleges, courts; don't pay taxes; renounce government jobs
  • Coupled with Khilafat Movement to unite Hindus and Muslims
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Gandhi's Transformation of Nationalism

  • By 1922, transformed nationalism from elite to mass movement
  • Gandhi's appeal: dressed like common people (dhoti), lived simply, worked with hands
  • Charkha (spinning wheel) symbolized self-reliance and challenged machine civilization

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