
Gandhi's Rise to Power
Indian Politics 1915-1922
Judith M. Brown(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 26. September 1974
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Paperback/Softback
404 pages
978-0-521-09873-1 (ISBN)
Description
Dr 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.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
568 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-09873-1 (9780521098731)
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Content
1. South African prelude: the creation of a leader and an idealist; 2. Gandhi and Indian nationalist politics, 1915-16; 3. Satygraha, 1917-18; 4. Gandhi, the politicians and the raj, 1917-18; 5. The Rowlatt Satyagraha; 6. Khilafat; 7. The Punjab: counterpoise to the Khilafat; 8. Non-cooperation, 1920: crisis for the politicians; 9. Non-cooperation, 1921-2: the test of Gandhi's political power Retrospect; Conclusion.