Peasant, Working Class and Left Movements in India | Part 1 | WBBSE History Chapter 6

Discover the transformative era when the Indian freedom struggle moved beyond the educated elite to become a true mass movement. This video explores how the Swadeshi movement’s limitations—such as its alienation of lower castes and religious overtones—led to a new phase of organized protest. We dive into Mahatma Gandhi’s early satyagrahas, from the abolition of the oppressive tinkathia system in Champaran to the powerful Ahmedabad Mill Strike, where Gandhi used his first hunger strike to secure workers' rights. The story doesn't stop there. We cover the "autonomous" peasant movements that often acted independently of the Congress party, including: • Baba Ram Chandra’s mobilization of peasants in Awadh using stories from the Ramayana. • The fierce Moplah Rebellion in Malabar and the "Khilafat Republics". • Alluri Sitarama Raju’s legendary guerrilla warfare during the Rampa Rebellion. • The "spectacular success" of the Bardoli Satyagraha, which became a model for Gandhian methods. Finally, we examine the emergence of the "Left alternative" through the Congress Socialist Party, led by figures like Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev, who pushed for radical agrarian reform and "scientific socialism". Join us as we uncover how these diverse movements for land, labor, and dignity paved the way for a free India. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Hashtags #IndianHistory #PeasantMovements #Gandhi #Satyagraha #FreedomStruggle #LaborUnions #SocialismInIndia #Champaran #Bardoli #HistoryDocumentary #IndianNationalMovement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analogy for Understanding: To understand this period, imagine the freedom struggle as a massive engine. In the early years, the engine was high-tech but lacked enough fuel to move the whole train. Mahatma Gandhi and the Socialist leaders acted as the fuel pumps, finally connecting the engine to the "fuel" of the peasantry and working class, giving the movement the unstoppable momentum it needed to reach independence.