Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement
NCERT Themes in Indian History for Class 12, Part III, Theme 13 follows Mahatma Gandhi and the nationalist movement from Champaran to Quit India. It explains non-cooperation, civil disobedience and salt satyagraha through peasant, worker, women and business participation. It shows how the Rowlatt Acts, Jallianwala Bagh and Round Table talks shaped strategy. It uses letters, newspapers and police reports to examine Congress organisation, Muslim responses and Dalit critiques. It assesses how mass action made freedom a popular struggle.
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