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Gandhi and Civil Disobedience

The Mahatma in Indian Politics 1928–1934

Judith M Brown author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Oct '08

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Mahatma Gandhi's lengthy Indian career was of central importance in the development of Indian politics and the changing relationship of the British raj and its subjects. But the extent of his political influence and his role varied considerably at different times. This book is an analysis, based on new material, of the phase between 1928 and 1934 when Gandhi was leader of a continental campaign of civil disobedience against the Raj. During this time Gandhi emerged from the comparative political quiescence which had followed his initial rise to prominence in 1920 as architect of a campaign of non-cooperation with the Raj. He resumed a crucial role as leader of the Congress movement against the British. At the peak of his political influence he negotiated a 'pact' with the Viceroy by which the civil disobedience campaign – most graphically illustrated in the famous Salt March to Dandi – was suspended.

ISBN: 9780521066952

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 640g

436 pages