Tragedy at Amritsar: Rebellion Heats Up I

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Contents

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 Welcome, charka jayanti, introduction to lecture
Announcements, news, return to question about integration of Gandhian values into culture
World War I period, Gandhi’s arrival in India, the problem of Indian Nationalism
Annie Besant, Home Rule League, Gandhi’s unwillingness to join an org with a set agenda.
Swadeshi and the development of the movement
Rajkot,  Petition–>Litigation–>Satyagraha, with ongoing constructive programme
Why Satyagraha isn’t “threat power” (ie. why it is not coercive)
Law of Progression, Indian Emigration Act, “suspending satyagraha”
1919 Rowlatt Act, Paradox of Repression, the system’s influence on individuals
Champaran Struggle
1917 trial at Champaran, Civil Disobedience
Satyagraha and Socrates, can you use nonviolence to a violent end?
Ahmedabad mill strike, principle: offering fasting only to those with whom you have a bond
Gita Theory of Action: you must never refrain from work because it is imperfect
Kheda, Himalayan Miscalculation, Rowlatt Act Satyagraha, comments on propaganda
7th Struggle-Khilafat and Punjab
Summary of struggle (list of campaigns)
1915: Viramgam, Satyagraha ashram
Story about Gandhi and Annie Besant in 1916: Gandhi outs himself as a revolutionary
1916—1918 Benaras Hindu U, Emigration, Champaran, Viramgam, Ahmedabad
1920: the Keys Affair, Khilafat Struggle, “Swaraj in One Year”
1920: Congress Party of India accepts Gandhi’s program
February 4th, 1921–Chauri Chaura, suspension of satyagraha leading to rift

Readings

Section IIb of the course reader:

Selections from In Gandhiji’s Mirror by Pyarelal and Sushila Nayar:

  • “At the Feet of the Master”
  • “When Gandhi returned Empty-Handed”
  • “The Way of Satyagraha”
  • Time Line for the unfolding of Satyagraha in India (1915-1924)
  • Bipan Chandra, “Gandhi: Leader of the Masses”

Gandhi, Mohandas K. Vows and Observances, 29-48, 154-end.
Fischer, Louis. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World. 10-26.