Question

how did national movement become a mass movement after the first world war? ??? exlpain

Answer 1

The Nationalist Movements in India were organized as mass movements emphasizing and raising questions concerning the interests of the people of India. In most of these movements, people were themselves encouraged to take action. Due to several factors, these movements failed to win independence for India. However, they did promote a sense of nationalism among the people of the country. The failure of these movements affected many people as they withdrew from Government offices, schools, factories and services. Though they did manage to get a few concessions such as those won by the [Salt Satyagraha|Salt March] in 1930, they did not help India much from the point of view of their objective.

The mass movements failed in their primary objective, achieving independence for India, as they were often called off before they naturally concluded. However they sparked nationalist sentiment with the Indian populace, figures like Mahatama Gandhi united a nation behind his non-violent philosophy and undoubtedly put crucial pressure on the British occupation. While in the later years of the Raj economic factors like the reversing trade fortunes between Britain and India and the cost of fielding the Indian armed forces abroad lumped on the British tax payer by the 1935 Government of India act, had mounting implication for British administration, united resistance further drew light on the growing disparity of the British failures to achieve solidarity over India. Indeed, Nationalist Movements in India were merely another notch on Britain's ever scarred grip over its Raj, faced with a magnitude of issues, mass Movements attributed to but were not solely responsible for India's independence in 1947.

Answer 2

• Gandhiji converted national movement into mass movement by :-

•  His simple and saintly life and style of convincing the masses made him popular.

•  His undisputed leadership and magnetic personality.

•  His policy of non violent satyagraha.

•  His programmes of social refors like fighting against untouchability.

•  His commitment to hindu muslim unity.