Word: swaraj
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...still put implicit faith in nonviolence, which, if strictly followed by India, will invoke the best in the British people. My hope for the attainment of Swaraj [Home Rule] by non-violence is based upon an immutable belief in the goodness which exists deep down in all human nature. . . . We need not hate Englishmen, though we hate the system they have established. They have given India a system based on force, by which they can feel secure only in the shadow of their forts and guns. We Indians, in turn, hope by our conduct to demonstrate to every Englishman that...
...What do you mean by Swaraj ?" he was asked...
...Swaraj leader, who was asked by Lord Lytton, Governor of Bengal to form a ministry (TIME, Dec. 24), declined that invitation. His reasons were that the people of India cannot offer willing cooperation until the present system of government is changed. He thought it 'dishonorable to accept office and then carry on the Swaraj policy of noncooperation...
...elections for the Central Legislative Assembly the Swaraj captured a few more seats, a fact which will certainly increase the difficulties...
...significance of such a step is not apparent. Swaraj is a political movement which aims at achieving Indian independence by means of a policy of noncoöperation as opposed to violence. Taraknath Das,* in his book India in World Politics,† apart from comment on the British Raj which is neither equitable, honest nor impartial, sums up compendiously the aspiration of the Swaraj. It is not to be wondered at that the London Daily Telegraph, alluding to the action of Lord Lytton, said that "the event will doubtless be noted by the future historian as a landmark...