WWII, Churchill, Gandhi’s Non-Violence, and Civil Disobedience | The Discovery of India | Chapter 9 (I)

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

 🎧  The Discovery of India:  📖 Chapter 9 "The Last Phase 3" (Part 1)

In this powerful opening to Chapter 9, Nehru situates India’s freedom movement in the larger context of World War II and explores how the Congress evolved a foreign policy, balanced its stance on the war, and maintained its commitment to non-violence amid global chaos.

✨ What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • 🌍 India’s position during World War II, and how it shaped nationalist politics

  • 🕊️ The Congress response to war - principled yet cautious

  • 🔁 The British rejection of another Congress offer for cooperation

  • 🗣️ Nehru’s reflections on Winston Churchill and British obstinacy

  • ✊ The launch of individual civil disobedience

  • ⚓ After Pearl Harbour, Gandhi reaffirms the path of non-violence, even in a world at war

🎙️ A chapter that shows India struggling with the moral, political, and practical dilemmas of a world in flames.


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