Highlight the differences in the approach of Subhash Chandra... | UPSC 2016 GS1 PYQ

MAINS 2016

GS1

12.5 marks

Highlight the differences in the approach of Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for freedom.

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9 min

200 words

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Highlight how Bose and Gandhi differed on means, ideology and strategy while sharing the goal of independence.

HighlightBring the key points to the front, briefly.

1Means: Gandhi's non-violence as a creed vs Bose's readiness for armed struggle (INA, 1943)≈30 words
2Strategy: Bose wanted to use Britain's wartime weakness and seek foreign (Axis) help; Gandhi opposed exploiting Britain's difficulty until 1942≈30 words
3Economic vision: Bose favoured state-led industrialisation and planning (National Planning Committee, 1938); Gandhi favoured village swaraj and khadi≈30 words
4Politics within Congress: Tripuri crisis 1939, Bose's resignation and Forward Bloc≈30 words
5Mutual respect despite differences≈30 words

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Shared goalDifferences in means, timing, foreign help, economy, organisationTripuri episodeMutual respectConclusion

EventAt Tripuri (1939) Bose defeated Gandhi's candidate Pattabhi Sitaramayya; Gandhi called it 'more my defeat than his', and Bose later resigned.Congress session, 1939
QuoteBose first addressed Gandhi as 'Father of our Nation' in a radio broadcast from Singapore in July 1944.Azad Hind Radio, 1944
EventAs Congress President, Bose set up the National Planning Committee under Nehru in 1938.Haripura period, 1938

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