what does rumors about ghandhiji reflect class 12
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Wherever Gandhiji went, rumours spread of his miraculous powers. In some places it was said that he had been sent by the king to redress the grievances of the farmers and thathe had the power to over rule all local officials. In other places it was claimed that Gandhiji’s power was superior to that of the English monarch, and that with his arrival the colonial rulers would fee the district. There were also stories reporting dire consequences for those who offered him, rumours spread of how villagers who criticized Gandhiji found their houses mysteriously falling apart or their crops failing.
Known vaiously as “Gandhi baba,” “Gandhi Maharaj”, or simply as “Mahatma”, Gandhiji appeared to the Indian peasant as a saviour, who
would rescue them from high taxes and oppressive officials and restore dignity and autonomy to their lives. Gandhiji’s appeal among the poor, and peasants in particular, was enhanced by his ascetic life-style and by his shrewd use of symbols such as the dhoti and the charkha.
Mahatma Gandhi was by caste a merchant by profession a lawyer; but his simple lifestyle and love of working with his hands allowed him to empathise fully with the labouring poor and for them, in turn, to empathize with him. Where most other politicians talked down to them, Gandhiji appeared not just to look like them but to understand them and relate to their lives.
While Mahatma Gandhi’s mass appeal was undoubtedly genuine and in the context of Indian politics, with precedent it must also be stressed that his success in broadening the basis of nationalism was based on careful organization. New branches of the Congress were set-up in various part of India.
A series of “Pooja Mandals” were established to promote the nationalist creed in the princely states. Gandhiji encouraged the communication of the nationalist message in the mother tongue, rather than in the language of the rulers, English. Thus the provincial committees of the Congress were based on linguistic regions, rather than on the artificial boundaries of British India. In these different ways nationalism was taken to the farthest corners of the country and embraced by social groups previously untouched by it.
By now, among the supporters of the Congress were some very prosperous businessmen and industrialists, Indian entrepreneurs were quick to recognize that in a free India, the farmers engaged by their British competitiors would come to an end. Some of these entrepreneurs, such as G.D. Birla, supported the national movement openly; others did so tacitly. Thus among Gandhiji’s admirers were both poor peasants and rich industrialists, although the reasons why peasants followed Gandhiji were somewhat different from, and perhaps opposed to, the reasons of the industrialists
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