INRODUCTION
The spirit of patriotism is necessary for regeneration of any nation. India attained its cultural and political independence after a series of political history, such as Anticolonial movements, Nationalist consolidation, choice of political system after independence, economic strategy etc.
India had to face a big problem in order to attain Purna Swaraj. In 1911, the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi. A city came up on what was previously farmland and shrub forest. The glory of New Delhi was a sign of how sure the British were of their rule, if not for thousand years rule but surely last for several centuries at least.
The colonies were diverse in nature, with populations were divided along lines of caste, …show more content…
In case of economic strategy Gandhi hoped that with the departure of the British, the village would once more be placed at the center of social and economic life in India. But his own colleagues who supported the strengthening of urbanization and industrialization in India outvoted him.
Chapter One
Tolstoy’s Philosophy in Satyagraha
Gandhi while in South Africa developed the technique of political protest for which he remains best known and to which he gave the name satyagraha, or truth-force. But how did Gandhi get the idea of non-violent collective resistance? He had seen and heard of sit-down strikes by peasants protecting high taxes, hunger-fasts by creditors or debtor’s door. Gandhi also had Baptist friend tell him of their “passive resistance” against Anglican orthodoxy. But the deeper influence than either was that of Leo Tolstoy, whose idea of non-resistance to evil spoke to him.
Gandhi’s political philosophy and practice was shaped in part by Western ideas and thinkers. Like Mao and Ho admired Marx and Lenin, and Nehru the British Fabians, Gandhi’s main mentor was the greatest Russian novel of his age. Gandhi read Tolstoy’s philosophical tracts. One of his favorite book was The Kingdom of God Is within
The spirit of patriotism is necessary for regeneration of any nation. India attained its cultural and political independence after a series of political history, such as Anticolonial movements, Nationalist consolidation, choice of political system after independence, economic strategy etc.
India had to face a big problem in order to attain Purna Swaraj. In 1911, the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi. A city came up on what was previously farmland and shrub forest. The glory of New Delhi was a sign of how sure the British were of their rule, if not for thousand years rule but surely last for several centuries at least.
The colonies were diverse in nature, with populations were divided along lines of caste, …show more content…
In case of economic strategy Gandhi hoped that with the departure of the British, the village would once more be placed at the center of social and economic life in India. But his own colleagues who supported the strengthening of urbanization and industrialization in India outvoted him.
Chapter One
Tolstoy’s Philosophy in Satyagraha
Gandhi while in South Africa developed the technique of political protest for which he remains best known and to which he gave the name satyagraha, or truth-force. But how did Gandhi get the idea of non-violent collective resistance? He had seen and heard of sit-down strikes by peasants protecting high taxes, hunger-fasts by creditors or debtor’s door. Gandhi also had Baptist friend tell him of their “passive resistance” against Anglican orthodoxy. But the deeper influence than either was that of Leo Tolstoy, whose idea of non-resistance to evil spoke to him.
Gandhi’s political philosophy and practice was shaped in part by Western ideas and thinkers. Like Mao and Ho admired Marx and Lenin, and Nehru the British Fabians, Gandhi’s main mentor was the greatest Russian novel of his age. Gandhi read Tolstoy’s philosophical tracts. One of his favorite book was The Kingdom of God Is within