Gandhiji…(part..6.)
In 1914 July, Gandhiji left South Africa forever
and returned to India. Initially he stayed at Shantivan ashram of Rabindranath Tagore. By 1917, he had
established Satyagraha ashram on the banks of Sabarmati river .
In 1917, Gandhiji led a successful satyagraha campaign fighting for the rights of the indigo planters at Champaran. Champaran was a turning point in India's freedom struggle. For the first time with peaceful means, Gandhiji declared that the British could not order him about in his own country. Simultaneously, he tapped the power of the peasant masses and awoke their spirit of dignity and self-reliance.
In 1918, Gandhiji fought for the rights of the textile mill workers of Ahmedabad. Here for the first time he introduced a method of arbitration by fasting. Gandhiji felt this method eliminated violence and the compulsion which may present even peaceful struggles.
In 1917, Gandhiji led a successful satyagraha campaign fighting for the rights of the indigo planters at Champaran. Champaran was a turning point in India's freedom struggle. For the first time with peaceful means, Gandhiji declared that the British could not order him about in his own country. Simultaneously, he tapped the power of the peasant masses and awoke their spirit of dignity and self-reliance.
In 1918, Gandhiji fought for the rights of the textile mill workers of Ahmedabad. Here for the first time he introduced a method of arbitration by fasting. Gandhiji felt this method eliminated violence and the compulsion which may present even peaceful struggles.
`I fasted to reform those who love,' stated
Gandhiji. After considerable arbitration and negotiations, the mill owners
agreed to the demands.
In March 1918, Gandhiji led a satyagraha for a peasants of Kheda. While in April, he appealed for a nationwide hartal protecting the enactment of the barbarous Rowlatt Act. However violence broke out and for the first time Gandhiji had to suspend the satyagraha calling it a Himalayan blunder. Gandhiji realised that a peaceful agitation could only be led by trained satyagrahis.
In 1920, Gandhiji was elected the president of the All India Home Rule League. With no freedom in sight, he urged a resolution for satyagraha.
In 1922, Gandhiji decided upon an experiment of mass civil disobedience at Bardoli. He had to suspend the campaign owing to the outbreak of violence at Chauri Chaura. Subsequently, he was arrested for seditious articles in `Young India'. Gandhiji was sentenced to six years in jail at the `great trial' in Ahmedabad under Judge Broomfield.
In 1929 he was arrested for burning foreign cloth under the non-co-operation movement. In December, the Congress session at Lahore voted for Sampoorna Swaraj. January 26 was proposed as Independence Day and Gandhiji launched the third all-India `satyagraha campaign'.
In1930, Gandhiji, 61, set off from Sabarmati with 79 satyagrahis on the historic Salt March to Dandi. Gandhiji and his followers covered 100 miles in 24 days to defy the `nefarious' Salt Act. Such publicized defiance required imagination and dignity. Technically, legally nothing had changed, except that British imperialism suffered a moral defeat. Gandhiji was arrested and sent to jail without trial.
In March 1918, Gandhiji led a satyagraha for a peasants of Kheda. While in April, he appealed for a nationwide hartal protecting the enactment of the barbarous Rowlatt Act. However violence broke out and for the first time Gandhiji had to suspend the satyagraha calling it a Himalayan blunder. Gandhiji realised that a peaceful agitation could only be led by trained satyagrahis.
In 1920, Gandhiji was elected the president of the All India Home Rule League. With no freedom in sight, he urged a resolution for satyagraha.
In 1922, Gandhiji decided upon an experiment of mass civil disobedience at Bardoli. He had to suspend the campaign owing to the outbreak of violence at Chauri Chaura. Subsequently, he was arrested for seditious articles in `Young India'. Gandhiji was sentenced to six years in jail at the `great trial' in Ahmedabad under Judge Broomfield.
In 1929 he was arrested for burning foreign cloth under the non-co-operation movement. In December, the Congress session at Lahore voted for Sampoorna Swaraj. January 26 was proposed as Independence Day and Gandhiji launched the third all-India `satyagraha campaign'.
In1930, Gandhiji, 61, set off from Sabarmati with 79 satyagrahis on the historic Salt March to Dandi. Gandhiji and his followers covered 100 miles in 24 days to defy the `nefarious' Salt Act. Such publicized defiance required imagination and dignity. Technically, legally nothing had changed, except that British imperialism suffered a moral defeat. Gandhiji was arrested and sent to jail without trial.
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