Question

Describe Mahatma Gandhi 's views on Colonial sports like Hockey and Cricket .

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi did not like Indians playing such sports which were never invented in India. he wanted India to depend on its own country and not other countries. e.g. he made all Indians burn British clothing. He wanted them to play games which were made in India like Kho Kho, Kabbadi etc

Answer 2

Mahatma Gandhi felt that colonial education had enslaved Indians and created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians. It made them see Western civilisation as superior, and destroyed the pride they had in their own culture. Indians educated in these institutions welcomed everything that came from the West, and started admiring British rule. Gandhiji felt that English education made Indians strangers in their own lands.