During the 1917 Champaran Satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi was accompanied and assisted by several local leaders, most notably Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan Singh. These associates helped Gandhi gather thousands of testimonies from indigo farmers against the exploitative Tinkathia system. ...
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Subhas Chandra Bose first addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the ‘Father of the Nation’ (Rashtrapita) in a radio address from Singapore in July 1944. Despite their significant tactical and ideological differences regarding the use of force, Bose held deep personal respect ...
While Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer was the field officer who physically ordered the troops to fire, Michael O’Dwyer was the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab who sanctioned the harsh repressive measures. O’Dwyer fully supported Dyer’s actions, calling them “correct” and “justified” to ...
Mahatma Gandhi first used the hunger strike as a political tool during the Ahmedabad Mill Workers’ Strike in 1918. The workers were demanding a 35% wage hike (Plague Bonus), which the mill owners refused. To strengthen the workers’ resolve and ...
In 1939, Mahatma Gandhi intervened in the Rajkot Satyagraha, a struggle for responsible government in the princely state of Rajkot. He delegated the leadership to his trusted lieutenant, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. When the Thakore Saheb of Rajkot went back on ...