Analyses the main strengths and weakness of the legacies of the Indian national movement
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The freedom struggle, one of the greatest mass movements in the world history, registered after 1919 a broad consciousness of the people’s decisive role in polities and in their own liberation. It succeeded in politicising and drawing into political action a large part of Indian people.
Mahatma Gandhi was of the opinion that it is the people and not leaders who create a mass movement though the quality of leadership is an important criterion for its success. Satyagraha fashioned by Gandhiji as tool to launch a tired against the colonial rule, based on the twin tenets of truth and non-violence, and achieved precisely the objectives of the mass movement by encouraging people’s participation in the freedom struggle.
Unlike a violent movement which could only be waged by a handful of committed cadres and fighters, a non-violent revolution required the political mobilisation of millions and the support of a vast majority. It was this faith in the participation of the masses that led to the support for a representative democracy and universal adult franchise.