The nationalist movement

In so far Ghandhiji was the most influential and revered of all time the leadres who participated in the freedom struggle ,that characterisation is not misplaced . however like washing ton ,mahatma ghandhi political career was shaped and constrained by the society in which he lived for individual ,even great ones are made by the history even as they make history 

this article article analyses Gandhiji's activities  during crusial period 1915-1948.it expolres his interaction with different kinds sources that he inspired and led .

the social movements (1915-1948)

1.A leader announces himself

2.non cooperation 

3.the salt satyagraha

4.quit india

1. leader announces himself

      THE india that mahatama ghandhi came back to in 1915 was rather different from the one that he he had left in 1893.although still colony of the british it was far more active in a political sense .the indian 

 congress now had branches in the major cities and towns .through sawdish movement of 1905-1907 it had had great broadened its appeal among the middle classes. that movement had thrown up some towering leaders -among them bal gangadhar tilak of maharastra ,bipin chandra pal of bengal and lala lajpat rai of punjab.the three were known as ~'lai,bal and pal'.the alliteration conveying the all india character of their struggle ,since thier antive provinces were very distant from one another .

 2.non cooperation

MAHATMA GHANDHI was to spend much of 1917 in champaran  seeking to obtain for the peasant security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice .the following year ,1918 ghandhi ji was involved in two campaign in his home state of Gujarat .first he intervened in a labour dispute in ahmedabad ,demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers then he joined peasant in kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes following the failure of their harvest.hoped that by coupling  non cooperation with khilafat .india two major religious communities hindu muslim could collectively bring end to colonial rule.students stoped going to school and colleges run by the govt .lawyers refused to attend court .the working class went on strike in many towns and cites the countryside seething with discontent too.during the non- cooperation movement thousands of indians were put in jail ghandhiji he,mself was arrestedand charged with sedition .mahatma ghandhi was released from prison infeb 1924 nad now chose to devote his atention to the promotion of home spun cloth and khadi the abolition of untouchbility 

3.the salt satyagraha 

For severals years after the non-cooperation  movement ended ,mahatama ghandhi focused on his social reform ended. on 26 january 1930 independent atday was obesrved with national falg was hosted at different venues and patriotic songs being sung .ghandhji suggested that the time of meeting be advertised in the traditional way ny beating drums .the celebration would  begin  with the hoisting  of the national flag the rest of day would be spend in doing constructive work whether it is spinning or services of untouchables or reunion of muslims and hindus  and muslims  even all these together if any govt deprive people of these rights and opperres them the people have further right to alte or abbolish it.

Dandi 

soon after the obsevance of this independence day mahatama ghandhi announced

that he would lead a march to break one of the most widely disliked laws in british india which gave state monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.for every indian household salt was indispensable people were forbidden from making salt even for domstic use compelling them to buy it from shops at high price'

4.QUIT INDIA 

MAHATAMa GHANDHI decided to launch his third major movement against british rule. this was the 'quit india 'campaign ,which began in august 1942.altough ghandhi ji was jailed at once ,younger activits organised strikes and acts of sabotage all over the country .particularly active in the underground resistance wereb socialist members of the congress such as jaya prakash narayn .quit india movement was genuinely a mass movement .bringing into its amibit hundred of thousand of ordinary indians.it espicially energisedthe young who ,in very large numbers ,left their colleges to go jails.