GANDHI, GANDHIANS AND LABOUR: THE BENGAL SCENARIO, 1920-47

• Published in: Rivista di Studi Sudasiatici : RiSS Vol. 3; p. 7
• Main Author: Basu, Nirban
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948); Labor unions; Politics; Social classes; Workers; Bengal

Gandhi's advent in Indian political arena (1919) created a new chapter in mass politics and mobilization in India and affected almost all the social classes not excepting the industrial workers. The relationship between national movement and working class movement came to be seriously questione...