Topic: The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.
2. Gandhi’s leadership to the movements of peasants and workers paved the way for his larger role in Indian national movement. Following the repressive Rowlatt Act, Gandhi launched his first all India mass Satyagraha in March 1919 and it is considered as the turning point in the movement against the British Raj. Elaborate. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Easy
Reference: Chapter 14 – India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra.
Why the question:
The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 1 as mentioned in Mission-2022 Secure timetable.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about how the successes and learning of Mahatma Gandhi in his early satyagraha led his status of national leader and his first pan Indian movement.
Directive word:
Elaborate – Give a detailed account as to how and why it occurred, or what is the particular context. You must be defining key terms wherever appropriate and substantiate with relevant associated facts.
Structure of the answer:
Begin the answer by describing the Gandhi – the leader of Indian national movement and his leadership style briefly.
Introduction:
Body:
Describe the initial nature of the active participants in the Indian national freedom struggle consisting of middle- and upper-class intelligentsia.
Mention the changes witnessed after the arrival of Gandhi. His initial three localised satyagrahas and how they further added to his credential as the leader of national movement.
Mention the mobilisation of the masses in the nationalist movements and its impact on the nature of outcomes to such mass led movements and the rise of Gandhi in the freedom struggle with respect Rowlatt satyagraha and how it was turning point in the Indian national movement.
Conclusion:
Conclude by highlighting that Gandhi played a key role in bringing majority of the Indian population who were directly exploited by the British, into mainstream freedom struggle.
