Socialist and Indian National Movement

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Early Congress
  • Dadabhai Naoroji: close links with British Socialists; attended Intl Socialist Conference 1904
After NCM
Nehru’s sojourn to Europe
  • Participated in International Congress against Colonial Oppression and Imperialism 1927 
  • Visited Soviet Union 1927 – impressed by novel experiments and social reconstruction SC Bose (through CR Das) realized – India should secure ‘swaraj of masses & not of classes’ 
1928 – Independence for India League as pressure group with in Congress
  • Counter Dominion Status
  • Plead for complete independence
  • Indian republic on socialist lines
After CDM
  • Nehru worked with peasantry, Bose with working class – both influenced youth, students and underprivileged
1934 – Congress Socialist Party by JP Narayan etc.
  • Inside the fold of Congress
  • Prime objective to replace congress leadership by socialist one (Meerut thesis)
  • Nehru & Bose as source of inspiration
  • 15 point programme for a socialist society
    • Right to form own constitution 
    • Abolition of private property Gandhi resigned from Congress citing growing socialism 
QIM
  • Came close to Gandhi
  • Sustained the movement & organized ‘Azad Dasta’ – network of underground resistance
  • Widened the concept of non-violence: attack on govt symbols and property not part of violent struggle
Failed to carve out a distinct ideological niche but their efforts speaks a lot for their innovative and independent thinking

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