Gandhi in India

1. Gandhi in India

2. India

3. Attitudes towards Gandhi • Moderates did not like the use of satyagraha. • Extremist leaders repelled by his studied moderation towards the government. • British attitude was deeply suspicious of his motives and actions.

4. Initial Areas of Satyagraha • Champaran – Bihar • Kaira – Gujrat • Ahmadabad - Gujrat

5. Champaran • He was appealing due to his simplicity and undoubted humour. • He made ordinary people feel that he appreciated and cared about their particular problems. • He dressed in the sort of clothes villagers wore and spoke the vernacular.

6. Champaran • Successful because he was not aligned with any particular political group. • He also refused to link the struggle with conventional politics. • Gandhi was able to turn the province into a power base for himself.

7. Amritsar Massacre

8. Non Cooperation Movement • Involved resignations from govt services. • Refusal to use the institutions of government and schools. • At a later stage to pay taxes and serve in the armed forces. • The burning of foreign cloth.

9. Results • Support from businessmen and Muslims. • Many of Gandhi’s adherents were new to institutional politics. • Mass movement of non cooperation was uncontrollable. • Failure to seduce enough of the Raj’s important collaborators.

10. Reasons for Opposition to Gandhi’s Ideas • Nihilistic • Too religious • Hypocritical on part of Anglicised men

11. Result of Independence: Partition