Write a conversation on freedom fighters between students
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Mohan Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were two of the most prominent figures in the Indian Freedom Movement that drove the British away from India in 1947 after having ruled here for a 190 years. Both Gandhi and Nehru were barristers educated in England and with an exceptional command of the English language. Gandhi was Nehru's senior by 20 years and his mentor within the Indian National Congress, the only political party taken seriously by the British Monarchy. Gandhi, though not an office-bearer in the Congress but a terrific moral force within it, came to be known as ‘Bapu' and ‘Mahatma', and was generally regarded as the father of the Freedom Movement and Jawaharlal Nehru, his favourite, was considered to be his spiritual son. They corresponded on a variety of political and social matters of moral and ethical import for over 27 years from 1921 to 1947. Uma Iyengar and Lalitha Zackariah have brought for the specialist and layman alike, 479 letters that tell us as much about the times that Gandhi and Nehru lived in as they do about their respective personalities.
The oldest piece of correspondence is a telegram sent by Nehru to Gandhi dated May 9, 1921. At 31, Nehru already shows a grasp of politics not seen in older colleagues. His response to a migration of labour from tea gardens in Assam, to their homes in Gorakhpur, UP, after being retrenched during the Depression following World War I is uncanny. He informs Gandhi, “Chandpur situation critical having important bearing on all India movement. Case of general noncooperation and not labour strike.” He is proved right by the situation on the ground. “The plantation owners, worried by this great exodus, sought to enlist both official and non-official assistance to prevent this large-scale migration” (Footnote no.2, pg 1).