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Discuss how the Satyagrahas of Gandhi removed the spell of fear among Indians and thus knocked off an important pillar of imperialism.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

Colonial rule in India rested less on brute force than on two carefully cultivated myths — that British rule was benevolent and that it was invincible; Gandhi's satyagrahas systematically attacked the second of these.

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  • Satyagraha as a Technique for Dissolving Fear
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  • Rowlatt Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh
  • Non-Cooperation and the Mass Break with Fear
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