Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922Dr Brown presents a political study of the first clearly defined period in Mahatma Gandhi's Indian career, from 1915 to 1922. The period began with Gandhi's return from South Africa as a stranger to Indian politics, witnessed his dramatic assertion of leadership in the Indian National Congress of 1920 and ended with his imprisonment by the British after the collapse of his all-India civil disobedience movement against the raj. Focusing on Gandhi, this book nevertheless investigates the changing nature of Indian politics. It aims to study precisely what Gandhi did, on whom he relied for support, how he interacted with other nationalist leaders and how he saw his own role in Indian public life. Unlike the usual interpretation of Gandhi's rise to power as based on a charismatic appeal to the Indian masses, this study argues that his influence depended on a capacity to generate a network of lesser leaders, or subcontractors, who would organise their constituencies for him, whether these were caste, communal or economic groups or whole areas. |
Contents
the creation of a leader and idealist I | 1 |
Gandhi and Indian nationalist politics 191516 | 16 |
Satyagraha 191718 | 52 |
iii Ahmedabad III | 84 |
Gandhi the politicians and the raj 191718 | 123 |
The Rowlatt Satyagraha | 160 |
Khilafat | 190 |
counterpoise to the Khilafat | 230 |
crisis for the politicians | 250 |
Regional survey of extent of observance of 1 August 1920 | 305 |
Conclusion | 352 |
Bibliography | 369 |
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action activities Administration Africa agitation Ahmedabad alliance appeal areas August Bardoli Bengal Bihar Bombay Bombay Police Abstract boycott British Calcutta called campaign caste cause Champaran civil clear Committee Conference Congress cooperation council December Delhi demands Deposit district educated elections evidence example fear February feeling felt File force Fortnightly report Gandhi groups Gujarat held Hindu Home Pol Home Rule India influence interests issue January July June Kaira Khilafat land later leaders leadership League letter London Madras majority March meeting Moderates Montagu movement Muslim Nagpur nationalist Nehru non-cooperation November October officials opinion opposed organization Orissa particularly Police political politicians position Presidency province Punjab question reforms resolution result Rowlatt satyagraha Secretary September 1920 showed social society South speech subjects thought tion took Viceroy violence western whole