Question

asset the role of mahatma gandhi in the nationalist movement with special reference to the method adopted by him

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Explanation:

Gandhiji played a leading role in the Indian National Movement between 1916 to 1948. Because of his contribution during this period is known as Gandhian era. (1) He successfully involved the masses in the Satyagraha Movements at Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad. (2) He organized important nationwide mass movements like Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience and later Quit India Movement. (3) He took the causes of depressed classes and called them Harijans. He signed the Poona Pact with Dr. Ambedkar and protested the division of Hindus on caste lines. (4) Gandhiji fought the mighty British with the unique method of Satyagraha based on truth and non-violence. (5) His method included boycott of all British Institutions (legislative councils, law courts, schools, colleges, etc.) picketing the shops selling foreign goods, renunciation of foreign titles awarded by the British, non-payment of tax, etc.