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While 2.5 million Indians volunteered and joined on the British side and fought as a part of the Allied forces in Europe, North Africa and various fronts of the World War II, [45] the Quit India Movement played a role in weakening the control over the South Asian region by the British regime and ultimately paved the way for Indian independence.
Constructive Program is a term coined by Mahatma Gandhi to describe one of the two branches of his satyagraha, the other being some form of nonviolent resistance, e.g. civil disobedience. The value of a Constructive Program in the struggle for the independence of India cannot be overemphasized, as Gandhi described civil disobedience as "an aid ...
During this period, Gandhi's longtime secretary Mahadev Desai died of a heart attack, his wife Kasturba died after 18 months' imprisonment on 22 February 1944, and Gandhi suffered a severe malaria attack. [162] While in jail, he agreed to an interview with Stuart Gelder, a British journalist.
Gandhi described his religious beliefs as being rooted in Hinduism as well and the Bhagavad Gita: "Hinduism as I know it satisfies my soul, fills my whole being. When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and when I see not one ray of light on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita , and find a verse to comfort me; and I ...
Gandhi's Political Significance 2. Origins of Gandhi's Use of Nonviolent Struggle: A Review-Essay on Erik Erikson's Gandhi's Truth: 3. Gandhi on the Theory of Voluntary Servitude 4. Satyagraha and Political Conflict: A Review of Joan V. Bondurant's Conquest of Violence: 5. The Theory of Gandhi's Constructive Program: 6.
The online Gandhi Heritage Portal preserves, protects, and disseminates original writings of Mohandas K. Gandhi and makes available to the world the large corpus of "Fundamental Works" which are useful for any comprehensive study of the life and thought of Gandhiji. Gandhiji was 24 years old in South Africa "Natal Indian Congress " made in 1894.
50. “To lose patience is to lose the battle.” 51. “No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.” 52. “It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important.
[5] [6] This plan came to be known as the Indo-German Plot. However, the planned revolt did not materialise. After the First World War, Jugantar supported Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation Movement and many of their leaders were in the Congress. Still, the group continued its revolutionary activities, a notable event being the Chittagong armoury raid.