• NATIONALISM IN INDIA
THE SENSE OF COLLECTIVE BELONGING
• Ideas of nationalism through the revival of
folklore
• In madras Natesa Sastri published massive
Tamil folklore book called ‘The Folklore Of
Southern India’ .
TOWARDS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
APPOINTMENT OF SIMON COMMISSION
• Tory government in 1928 appointed Simon
commission.
THE SALT MARCH AND THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
MOVEMENT
• M.K. Gandhi started salt march accompanied
by78 of his trusted volunteers.
• On 6th april march reached Dandi.
• Ceremonially violated the law and
manufactured salt by boiling the sea water.
HOW PARTICIPANTS SAW THE MOVEMENT
• In countryside, rich peasants were deeply
disappointed when the movement was called
off in 1931 without the revenue rates being
reversed.
THE LIMITS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
• Dr B.R Ambedkar clashed with Mahatma
Gandhi at the second round table conference
by demanding separate electorate for Dalits.
• Some of the Muslim political Organisation
were unenthusuastic in their response to the
civil disobedient movement.
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THE FIRST WORLD WAR, KHILAFAT AND
NON-COOPERATION.
THE IDEA OF SATHYAGRAHA
• In 1916 Gandhi travelled to Champaran in
Bihar to struggle against the oppressive
plantation system.
• Then in 1917, he organized a sathyagraha to
support the peasants of the Kheda district of
Gujrat.
THE ROWLATT ACT
• In 1919 Gandhi launched a nationwide
sathyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt
Act.
• On April 13th the famous jalianwalla Bagh
incident took place.
• 1920 calcutta session of INC decided to
launch non- cooperation movement to
support Khilafat as well as Swaraj.
WHY NON- COOPERATION?
• Gandhi believed , if Indians refused to
co-operate , British rule in India would
collapse within one year and Swaraj would
come.
• At the congress session at Nagpur in
December 1920 , a compromise was worked
out and the Non- cooperation programme was
adopted.
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