☰
Mahatma Gandhi And The Nationalist Movement
What did Gandhiji seek to obtain for the security of the peasants of Champaran in 1917?
Gandhiji went to Champaran in Bihar to provide the protection to the peasants of that resion who were getting harsh treatment from British indigo planters. Gandhiji spent much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtained for the peasant security of tenure as well as freedom to cultivate crops of their choice.
Sponsor Area
Why are newspapers an important source for the study of the national movement?
Why was the charkha chosen as a symbol of nationalism?
How was non-cooperation a form of protest?
Why were the dialogues at the Round Table Conference inconclusive?
In what way did Mahatma Gandhi transform the nature of the national movement?
What do private letters and autobiographies tell us about an individual? How are these sources different from official accounts?
Find out about the route of the Dandi March. On a map of Gujarat plot the line of the march and mark the major towns and villages that it passed along the route.
Choose any event that took place during the national movement. Try and read the letters and speeches of the leaders of the time. Some of these are now published. He could be a local leader from the region where you live. Try and see how the local leaders viewed the activities of the national leadership at the top. Write about the movement based on your reading..
What did Gandhiji seek to obtain for the security of the peasants of Champaran in 1917?
What did Gandhiji do after his release from prison in 1924?
Sponsor Area
Sponsor Area