Gandhi had no role in freedom movement? Really? His non-violent movement was inaffective? I'll just share few quotes which will destroy your whole argument.
" He (Gandhi) gave us a scare. His program filled our jails. You cannot go on and arrest people forever,you know, not when there are 320 million of them,and if they had taken the next step and refused to pay the taxes. God knows where we would have been." - Lord Lloyd.
Lord Lloyd was the then governor of bombay.
Source - Heart beats in India by CF Andrews page no. 198.
Also quoted in Narahari Parikh's 'Sardar Patel' volume 1 page no. 165
Source - Heart beats in India by CF Andrews page no. 198.
Also quoted in Narahari Parikh's 'Sardar Patel' volume 1 page no. 165
"Such humiliation and defiance has not been known since the British first trod the soil of India - Winston Churchill in the house of commons in 1931."
Source - Churchill's remark in the house of commons.
Source - His complete speeches, Robert Rhodes James, Volume 5 , pg 4,995
Source - Churchill's remark in the house of commons.
Source - His complete speeches, Robert Rhodes James, Volume 5 , pg 4,995
"(On quit India movement ) By far the most serious rebellion since that of revolt of 1857" - Lord Linlithgow, viceroy of India, in a letter to Winston Churchill in August 1942
Source - Linlithgow Papers, File number 125/58, London, India office Library
Source - Linlithgow Papers, File number 125/58, London, India office Library
C'mon let's share some quotes of Bhagat Singh as well.
"The romance of violent methods was replaced by serious ideas. Use of force justifiable when resorted to as a matter of terrible necessity and non-violence as policy indispensable for all mass movements. " ~ Bhagat Singh
Source - Why I am an atheist page no. 7
Source - Why I am an atheist page no. 7
"Apparently I have acted like a terrorist which I never was except in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods." ~ Bhagat Singh
Source - Selected Writings of Bhagat Singh edited by Shiv Varma page no. 137-8
Source - Selected Writings of Bhagat Singh edited by Shiv Varma page no. 137-8
And wait. One more quote! Though I don't endorse that completely.
"It had always been the British policy not to yield anything to force but Mahatma's non-violence had won. We decided to quit as a result of India's non-violent struggle." ~ Lord Mountbatten
Source - Collected Works Of Mahatma Gandhi volume 94 page no. 209 published by GOI
Source - Collected Works Of Mahatma Gandhi volume 94 page no. 209 published by GOI
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