Question

Why was the slogans demanding “Swatantra Bharat” important?
1 point
(a) It showed the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement
(c) They were a unifying force of the Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) The various ways in which ‘Swaraj’ was interpreted by different people​

Answer 1

Answer:

Why was the slogans demanding “Swatantra Bharat” important? ... When the tribals chanted Gandhiji's name and raised slogans demanding 'Swatantra Bharat', they were also emotionally relating to an all-India agitation. They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement.

Answer 2

Option (b) is the correct option which states They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement.

• The slogan 'Swatantra Bharat' was given by the plantation workers of Assam.
• Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, the plantation workers were not allowed to leave the tea garden without permission.
• The Non-Cooperation movement facilitated these workers to leave the plantation areas and they left for their homes.
• For these workers, freedom meant being free to move anywhere rather not to be confined in their plantation areas.
• They imagined this to be swaraj where they assumed that all their sufferings will come to an end. Slogans were raised demanding 'Swatantra Bharat' which spread beyond their own locality and emotionally and this incident was slowly gaining the identification of an All-India Movement.

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