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“Gandhi’s mystique consisted of a union of original ideas with a remarkable flair for tactics and an uncanny insight in the mass mind.” Elucidate.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

Gandhi's extraordinary hold over Indian politics between 1919 and 1947 cannot be explained by organisational machinery alone — it rested on a distinctive fusion of philosophical originality, tactical improvisation and an almost intuitive reading of what would move ordinary Indians.

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  • Original Ideas: Satyagraha, Non-Violence and Hind Swaraj
  • Tactical Flair: Reading the Terrain of Struggle
  • Uncanny Insight into the Mass Mind
  • Limits of the Mystique
  • Conclusion

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