This day that age in Indian History

[Naina_Marbus]

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Most of us all too often tend to forget history vis-a-vis colonial past. We should periodically remind ourselves what happened in the past so that we can forestall a repeat of history.

March 10 1922 :

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison.

Sedition? when he was trying to liberate his own country?

 

[prasad1]

In the present day India of hindutva, who is Gandhi (they have stopped using Mahatma). It is Godse the hero for the party in power. Poor gandhi will not find a place in India today.
I am from the old school Gandhi is still the Father of the country. We will be in debt to him for ever.
It is good to recognize his work and sacrifice.

 

[sarang]

Arun jaitley is unveiling a statue of Gandhi in UK now.
Gandhi had his fair share of good and bad points and traits. Hindutva praises and accepts good fromm all, and will not tolerate denigration of Hindus from any one, as in the past centuries.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

The remarkable statement of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, addressed to the Judge.

Excerpts from the Article - 10 March 1922 ; Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and tried for sedition

By 1920 there was a lot of discontent among Indians. The Rowlatt Act, the Jaillianwala Bagh killings, and the imposition of marital law in Punjab had made things worse. Added to this were the widespread economic distress and alienation among the Indian Muslims due to the happenings in west and centralAsia. The Non-Cooperation movement was launched on 1 August 1920 after the failure of the British to respond to a letter by Gandhi to the Viceroy in June that spoke about the right recognised “from time immemorial of the subject to refuse to assist a ruler who misrules”.

The agenda of ‘non-cooperation’ included surrendering titles and honours, and boycotting government-run schools and colleges, courts, and foreign-made cloth. All this could be extended to a mass civil obedience and non-payment of taxes. At the same time, the movement envisaged setting up of national schools and colleges, panchayats for settling disputes, and encouraging spinning and weaving by hand. Most importantly, both protest and reform were to be carried out by non-violent means.

The Non-Cooperation movement was, by and large, a success. However, in February 1922, a section of the Congress and the Khilafat activists attacked a police station in Chauri Chaura in response to police firing, leading to the death of 22 policemen.

Gandhi’s response was immediate: he withdrew the Non-Cooperation movement, saying violence had no place in any mass disobedience campaign. There was disbelief in a section of the Congress leadership about Gandhi’s decision, but his view prevailed.
However, on 10 March 1922, Gandhi was arrested on charges of sedition.

In his remarkable statement to the judge during the trial, Gandhi said: “I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible for me to dissociate myself from the diabolical crimes of Chauri Chaura . . . Non-violence is the first article of my faith . . . But I had to make my choice. I had either to submit to a system which I considered has done an irreparable harm to my country, or incur the risk of the mad fury of my people bursting forth when they understood the truth from my lips. I know that my people have sometimes gone mad. I am deeply sorry for it; and I am, therefore, here to submit not to a light penalty but to the highest penalty. The only course open to you, Mr. Judge, is . . . either to resign your post or inflict on me the severest penalty.”


Read more at: 10 March 1922: Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and tried for sedition

 

[Naina_Marbus]

Apparently the judge, while sentencing Gandhi to six years’ imprisonment, also observed:

“you are in a different category from any person I have ever tried or am likely ever to try . . . in the eyes of millions of your countrymen you are a great patriot and a great leader; even all those who differ from you in politics look up to you as a man of high ideals and of noble and even saintly life.”

And yet, this judge sentenced him for sedition! He ought to have resigned.

 

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THERE IS NO POINT IN BLANKLY BLAMING THE PRESENT GOVT. AS HINDUTVA GOVT - OURS IS A HINDU COUNTRY, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD DURING THE PARTITION GANDHI(mAHATMA) HAS AGREED TO GIVE FEW THOUSANDS CRORES RUPEES AND MANY SQ MILES OF LAND FROM OUR COUNTRY, TO PAKISTAN, THERE IS A LIMIT FOR DONATING. GODSE WAS A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF FATE AS TOLD IN OUR CULTURE. WHAT THE GANDHI PARTY DID FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE TO US?
HINDU IS BORN AS HINDU- NOBODY CAN BE CONVERTED TO HINDUISM - VEDIC KNOWLEDGE SAYS HINDUSIM FIRST AND FOREMOST, STARTED BY GOD HIMSELF AND UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS STARTED BY PERSONS
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