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1HISTORY ESSAYIntroduction: The essay aims at providing a perspective from an instance in history when a wave ofIndian National Corporation challenged the British Rule in India. There was the Indian NationalCongress under the leader of Mohandas K. Gandhi and an alternative nationalist movementunder Subhas Chandra Bose’s leadership who raised voices against the British rule. MohandasK. Gandhi represented an Indian activist who employed the policy of non-violent measuresagainst the British rule and helped India in attaining independence1. On the other hand, SubhasChandra Bose represented an Indian nationalist who had defiant patriotism that made him ahero2. However, his attempts of getting rid of the British rule through Imperial Japan and NaziGermany resulted in troubled legacy. The essay tries to provide an insight into these movementsthrough comparison and contrast of the effectiveness and tactics of the two Indian nationalistmovements. DiscussionComparison of the Tactics and Effectiveness of Two Indian Nationalist Movements The demand for political independence was consistent for Subhas Chandra Bose, as hewanted complete separation from British rule. Thus, in India he pushed the congress in launchingmass movements that demanded total independence while outside India he inspired the IndianNational Army for liberation of India through the war. Subhas Chandra Bose wanted free Indiaas an industrialized and modern nation focused on the advances of livelihood, science and1Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli, ed.Mahatma Gandhi. Jaico Publishing House, 2015.2 Pelinka, Anton.Democracy Indian style: Subhas Chandra Bose and the creation of India's political culture. Routledge, 2017.
2HISTORY ESSAYeducation of the masses3. He was explicit about the seeking the political emancipation through aneffective manner that either involved an armed conflict or a complete war. On the other,Mahatma Gandhi is identified with Spiritual Swaraj that cured the Indian civilization from theevils such as lawyers, mill made cloth, doctors, railways, heavy machineries, contraceptives andmedicines4. Mohandas K. Gandhi demanded the dominion status along with a membership inBritish Commonwealth without extracting theverbalization of the Spiritual Swaraj. In the year,1942, his expectation about the British losing the Second World War made him seek completewithdrawal from the British Rule. In 1942, he also initiated the Quit India movement that alsodemanded the Dominion status mostly centered on the specific grievances, social agenda,financial reforms and the caliphate of the territorial Muslims. However, the choices of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose had variation inthe context of capitalism and communism. They both were socialist and disassociated them fromcommunism. During, 1942, Mohandas K. Gandhi condoned violence although initially he did notopt for it5. However, the conflict between Gandhi and Bose was focused more on the personalcontrol on the Indian dissent and business and the British interest that had a conflict with theagenda implemented by Bose. However, a comparison and contrast is drawn between them basedon the following perspectives. Complete Independence versus Spiritual Swaraj3Chandra, Bipan, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, K. N. Panikkar, and Sucheta Mahajan.India's struggle forindependence. Penguin UK, 2016.4 Allen, Douglas. "A Phenomenological Approach to Spirituality and its Relation to Nonkilling and Nonviolence."Spiritual Traditions(2015): 55.5Sharma, Brij Kishore.Introduction to the Constitution of India. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2015.
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