being born in a conservative Indian family has it’s own disadvantages, you are expected to follow somethings without questioning them. while most of the things are right some do have a few flaws.
I really admire gandhi ji’s work in india’s independence, the unification of motive that they gave to indian people was one of it’s kind. But when i see a few other future and concurrent events i tend to think that the role of gandhi ji and satyagrah in indian independence is exagrated.
Gandhi ji recieved most of his divine teachings from geeta, in which “अहिंसा परमो धर्म ” was the quote he devoted his life to. I refer to the same speaker of geeta shri krishna had to go against his principle of “अहिंसा” and killed the kaurvas for the sake of truth.
i refer to the independence of goa , the operation vijay. On December 16, 1961, Indian troops crossed the border into Goa. Code named 'Operation Vijay', the move involved sustained land, sea, and air strikes for more than 36 hours; it resulted in the unconditional surrender of Portuguese forces on 19 December. before that In 1955 a group of unarmed civilians, satyagrahis demonstrated against Portugal. At least 22 of them were killed by Portuguese gunfire.
Later the same year, the satyagrahis took over a fort at Tiracol and hoisted the Indian flag. They were driven away by the Portuguese, with a number of casualties. doesn’t it seem an irony, when the british people left India in 1947, Portugal still had very small areas under it’s command till 1961, also that satyagradhi’s were ‘killed ‘ by them. a mention that satyagrahis are unarmed and non-voilent is important here. either it shows the impotence of the people to fight for what is theirs’ or it’s the too much trust in gandhian way of independence, which ultimately failed.
another Revelation that occurred during the period was USA’s stance towards India, as it was about to pass a resolution in UN Security Council against India’s move , that might have resulted in unconditional revoking of the orders. but USSR used it’s veto power saying it was an independence movement and not a threat against any country’s sovereignty. and now The good relations between USA and India today are just because of India’s increasing influence in world economy and it’s strategic importance being a neighbour to china. having good terms with any country is not bad , but keeping an eye open is always suggested.
I really admire gandhi ji’s work in india’s independence, the unification of motive that they gave to indian people was one of it’s kind. But when i see a few other future and concurrent events i tend to think that the role of gandhi ji and satyagrah in indian independence is exagrated.
Gandhi ji recieved most of his divine teachings from geeta, in which “अहिंसा परमो धर्म ” was the quote he devoted his life to. I refer to the same speaker of geeta shri krishna had to go against his principle of “अहिंसा” and killed the kaurvas for the sake of truth.
i refer to the independence of goa , the operation vijay. On December 16, 1961, Indian troops crossed the border into Goa. Code named 'Operation Vijay', the move involved sustained land, sea, and air strikes for more than 36 hours; it resulted in the unconditional surrender of Portuguese forces on 19 December. before that In 1955 a group of unarmed civilians, satyagrahis demonstrated against Portugal. At least 22 of them were killed by Portuguese gunfire.
Later the same year, the satyagrahis took over a fort at Tiracol and hoisted the Indian flag. They were driven away by the Portuguese, with a number of casualties. doesn’t it seem an irony, when the british people left India in 1947, Portugal still had very small areas under it’s command till 1961, also that satyagradhi’s were ‘killed ‘ by them. a mention that satyagrahis are unarmed and non-voilent is important here. either it shows the impotence of the people to fight for what is theirs’ or it’s the too much trust in gandhian way of independence, which ultimately failed.
another Revelation that occurred during the period was USA’s stance towards India, as it was about to pass a resolution in UN Security Council against India’s move , that might have resulted in unconditional revoking of the orders. but USSR used it’s veto power saying it was an independence movement and not a threat against any country’s sovereignty. and now The good relations between USA and India today are just because of India’s increasing influence in world economy and it’s strategic importance being a neighbour to china. having good terms with any country is not bad , but keeping an eye open is always suggested.
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