CH 1 UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY

Poona Pact, (September 24, 1932), agreement between Hindu leaders in India granting new rights to Dalits (low-caste Hindu groups then often labeled “untouchables”).

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiOn 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement. The next day, Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.

Gopal Krishna GokhaleGopal Krishna Gokhale was called the ‘Diamond of India’ by his political opponent Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian liberal political leader and a social reformer during the Indian Independence Movement.

Satyagraha is nothing but the implementation of truth and ahimsa in the different walks of life. Satyagraha is a logical development of the doctrine of ahimsa. The history of Indian culture is the history of the evolution of the concept of ahimsa, and satyagrahais a practical application of ahimsa to politics.

On the report of the committee, headed by Justice Rowlatt, two bills were introduced in the Central Legislature on 6 February 1919. These bills came to be known as “Black Bills”. They gave enormous powers to the police to search a place and arrest any person they disapproved of without warrant.

Sarvodaya means ‘progress of all’ or ‘Universal uplift’. Gandhi started this Sarvodaya movement, and people consider it an addition to his efforts in his non-violence movement. The main objective of this event was to establish a new India based on non-violence and love.

The major techniques of Satyagraha are non-cooperation, civil disobedience, fasting and strike.

Gandhi advocated the concept of swadeshi in the spirit of universal love and service. A votary of swadeshi will give preference to local products even if they are of inferior grade or dearer in price than things manufactured elsewhere and try to remedy the defects of local manufacturers.

Mahatma GandhiHind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule / Author Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. 

Gandhiji visited Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against oppressive .