Nehru and Patel Shared a Joint Legacy
Abstract
The Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (INC), in December 1920, when the first major battle against imperialism, the Non-Cooperation Movement was launched, was a turning point in the history of the freedom movement. With this session, Mahatma Gandhi emerged as the supreme leader of not only the Congress but the entire country. Earlier, after his return from South Africa, in January 1915, Gandhiji had taken up the cause of Indigo planters in Champaran (Bihar), the textile workers in Ahmedabad and the peasants of Kheda (Gujarat). But these were all outside the framework of INC.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Indian History and Philosophy
Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies
South Asian Studies and Diaspora
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 264–268
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter