UPSC Mains 2015 · GS I · Q3 · 12.5 marks · 200 words

How different would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi ? Discuss.

हिन्दी में

महात्मा गांधी के बिना भारत की स्वतंत्रता की उपलब्धि कितनी भिन्न हुई होती ? चर्चा कीजिये।

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “How did the essence of the Indian liberation struggle evolve as a result of the Gandhian political philosophy?”

Kumud MishraAIR 69 · CSE 2024 · 109 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

The essence of Indian liberation struggle emerged as collective mass movement under the Gandhian philosophy.

The Gandhian political philosophy (and the struggle)

Body · points

(1) Believed in the idea of struggle - Truce - Struggle Ex calling off the NCM after chaura chaura.

(2) Believed in the potential of the masses Ex leading the civil disobedience

(3) called for participation of sections like

women , peasants , students , Ex champaran satyagraha.

(4) Raised the consciousness of the masses.

(5) the slogan of "do or die" Ex the QIM (1942)

(6) the non violent satyagraha

(7) Focus on active resistance

Close · a summary

thus, it helped in widening of the base of mass movement.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2015, General Studies Paper I, Q3. The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.