Question

Discuss the role of Gandhi in the national movement, answer in 600 words

Answer 1

The SwadeshiMovementdeclined by 1907. There was also a split in the Congress in 1907and Tilak was imprisoned and deported in 1908. Aurobindo Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal retired from politics and Lala Lajpat Rai left India for some time.All these developments led to a decline in the nationalist movement. It remained dormant for a few years but was revived during the First World War. Annie Besant and Tilak started the Home Rule Leagues and the two wings of the Congress united in 1916.The War also witnessed the Ghadar Movement started in the United States by some Indian revolutionaries which sought tooverthrow the British rule in India. However, the most important development was the arrival of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was later popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, from South Africa.