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Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation By: Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
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FREEDOM'S BATTLE BEING A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF WRITINGS AND SPEECHES ON THE PRESENT
SITUATION BY MAHATMA GANDHI Second Edition 1922 The Publishers express their indebtedness to the Editor and Publisher
of the "Young India" for allowing the free use of the articles
appeared in that journal under the name of Mahatma Gandhi, and also to
Mr. C. Rajagopalachar for the valuable introduction and help rendered in
bringing out the book. CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE KHILAFAT Why I have joined the Khilafat Movement The Turkish Treaty Turkish Peace Terms The Suzerainty over Arabia Further Questions Answered Mr. Candler's Open Letter In process of keeping Appeal to the Viceroy The Premier's reply The Muslim Representation Criticism of the Manifesto The Mahomedan Decision Mr. Andrew's Difficulty The Khilafat Agitation Hijarat and its Meaning III. THE PUNJAB WRONGS Political Freemasonry The Duty of the Punjabec General Dyer The Punjab Sentences IV. SWARAJ Swaraj in one year British Rule an evil A movement of purification Why was India lost Swaraj my ideal On the wrong track The Congress Constitution Swaraj in nine months The Attainment of Swaraj V. HINDU MOSLEM UNITY The Hindus and the Mahomedans Hindu Mahomedan unity Hindu Muslim unity VI. TREATMENT OF THE DEPRESSED CLASSES Depressed Classes Amelioration of the depressed classes The Sin of Untouchability VII. TREATMENT OF INDIANS ABROAD Indians abroad Indians overseas Pariahs of the Empire VIII. NON CO OPERATION Non co operation Mr. Montagu on the Khilafat Agitation At the call of the country Non co operation explained Religious Authority for non co operation The inwardness of non co operation A missionary on non co operation How to work non co operation Speech at Madras " Trichinopoly " Calicut " Mangalore " Bexwada The Congress Who is disloyal Crusade against non co operation Speech at Muxafarbail Ridicule replacing Repression The Viceregal pronouncement From Ridicule to ? To every Englishman In India One step enough for me The need for humility Some Questions Answered Pledges broken More Objections answered Mr. Pennington's Objections Answered Some doubts Rejoinder Two Englishmen Reply Letter to the Viceroy Renunciation of Medals Letter to H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught The Greatest thing Mahatma Gandhi's Statement IX. WRITTEN STATEMENT Index I. INTRODUCTION After the great war it is difficult, to point out a single nation that
is happy; but this has come out of the war, that there is not a single
nation outside India, that is not either free or striving to be free. It is said that we, too, are on the road to freedom, that it is better
to be on the certain though slow course of gradual unfoldment of freedom
than to take the troubled and dangerous path of revolution whether
peaceful or violent, and that the new Reforms are a half way house
to freedom. The new constitution granted to India keeps all the military forces,
both in the direction and in the financial control, entirely outside the
scope of responsibility to the people of India. What does this mean? It
means that the revenues of India are spent away on what the nation does
not want. But after the mid Eastern complications and the fresh Asiatic
additions to British Imperial spheres of action. This Indian military
servitude is a clear danger to national interests. The new constitution gives no scope for retrenchment and therefore no
scope for measures of social reform except by fresh taxation, the heavy
burden of which on the poor will outweigh all the advantages of any
reforms. It maintains all the existing foreign services, and the cost of
the administrative machinery high as it already is, is further
increased... Continue reading book >>
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