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‘The nationalist political movements for liberation such as the non-cooperation and civil disobedience movements and their leadership depended heavily on the peasantry.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 1993
  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

The Non-Cooperation (1920-22) and Civil Disobedience (1930-34) Movements could not have achieved their scale, duration or moral force without the active participation of the peasantry, even though the Congress leadership — drawn overwhelmingly from urban professional and propertied classes — never allowed peasant grievance to define the movement's ultimate goals.

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  • The Non-Cooperation Movement and the Peasantry
  • The Civil Disobedience Movement and the Peasantry
  • The Ambivalent Character of Leadership Dependence
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