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Trace the course of the people’s movement in Indian States after 1937. How did the Congress leadership react to it?

  • UPSC 1996
  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

The Princely States, covering roughly two-fifths of the subcontinent, remained islands of unreformed autocracy even as British India moved toward provincial autonomy in 1937, and it was precisely this contrast that ignited a fresh wave of Praja Mandal agitation across the states.

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  • Conditions Prevailing in the States
  • Organisational Build-Up Before 1937
  • The Course of the Movement After 1937
  • The Congress Leadership's Evolving Reaction
  • Conclusion

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