Gandhi in Bombay : towards swaraj / Usha Thakkar, Sandhya Mehta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thakkar, Usha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.

Gandhi.

India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

India.

Politics and government.

Nationalism--India.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

lii, 332 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book is a tribute to the symbiotic relation between Gandhi and Bombay, a relation that spanned and strengthened over decades. The city had welcomed him warmly on his return from South Africa in 1915 and this warmth never receded. Bombay has earned a special place in the history of India's freedom struggle under Gandhi's leadership. In 1919, it was Gandhi's first nationwide protest, the Satyagraha against the unjust Rowlatt Act in Bombay that propelled him to the position of an undisputed leader. Bombay was also the site for the launch of the Non-cooperation movement in 1920. The response of the city to Gandhi's Salt March in 1930 and his call for the Quit India movement in 1942 was unprecedented. It was in Bombay that Gandhi gave the historic mantra of 'Do or Die'. Protests, processions, meetings, picketing, and strikes organized under his name drew people from all sections of the society. Gandhi's important movements were intertwined with the life of this city and its people. Gandhi was full of determination and the city with vibrancy; this amalgam resulted in the powerful synergy that made history. Bombay became the nerve centre of Gandhi's political activities and agitations.

Contents:

1 Back to 'Dear Old Motherland': 1915-18 1

2 Facing New Challenges: 1919 29

3 Call for Non-Cooperation: 1920 67

4 Building the Mass Base: 1921 95

5 Intervening Years: 1922-9 128

6 Making Bombay 'the Citadel of National Movement': 1930-1 159

7 Prelude to the Quit India Movement: 1932-41 202

8 'The Volcanic Eruption of a People's Indignation': 1942 233

9 The Testing Times: 1943-8 263.

ISBN:

9780199470709

0199470707

OCLC:

964292779

Publisher Number:

99972303360