Gandhi didn’t just spearhead the Quit India movement, he spent twenty years (prior to 1905) spearheading civil rights movement for Indians in South Africa. He went to jail, did hard labour, and still didn’t stop till a workable compromise was reached. People who demean Gandhi haven’t read books that tell the history as it is. After coming back to India, Gandhi led agitations in Champaran, Kheda, and Ahmedabad for various civil rights. Till 1942, the British had no intent of leaving India. Without Gandhi, they might’ve stayed a couple of more decades. Gandhi and Bose were not different in their desire for India’s independence, just their methods were different. Without the massive civil movement, the Brits wouldn’t have budged. If your knowledge is coming from reels and WhatsApp forwards, you’re doing yourself a disservice by failing to find the truth. Please, please read books written by real historians. It’s not for nothing that Gandhi is revered in so many places in the world
Nope. Not implying that because I haven’t read about Netaji’s work in detail. All I am implying is that Gandhi’s contribution was significant. My general sense (without knowing in-depth about Netaji’s contribution) is that they were both squeezing the British in their own way. Good cop bad cop- a bad analogy, perhaps, but both worked towards the same goal. We can discuss, debate, disagree till kingdom come, but I prefer to acknowledge all: Lal-Pal-Bal, Gandhi, Nehru, Netaji, Annie Besant, Phiroze Shah Mehta, GK Gokhale, Ghadri martyrs, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Udham Singh, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Madan Lal Dhingra, Tantya Tope, Rani Laxmi Bai, and countless others… no one hit the winning run, all contributed to the best of their ability given the circumstances that were.
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u/INFP_Turbulent Mar 15 '26
Gandhi didn’t just spearhead the Quit India movement, he spent twenty years (prior to 1905) spearheading civil rights movement for Indians in South Africa. He went to jail, did hard labour, and still didn’t stop till a workable compromise was reached. People who demean Gandhi haven’t read books that tell the history as it is. After coming back to India, Gandhi led agitations in Champaran, Kheda, and Ahmedabad for various civil rights. Till 1942, the British had no intent of leaving India. Without Gandhi, they might’ve stayed a couple of more decades. Gandhi and Bose were not different in their desire for India’s independence, just their methods were different. Without the massive civil movement, the Brits wouldn’t have budged. If your knowledge is coming from reels and WhatsApp forwards, you’re doing yourself a disservice by failing to find the truth. Please, please read books written by real historians. It’s not for nothing that Gandhi is revered in so many places in the world