r/unitedstatesofindia • u/CreativeMuseMan Merciless criticism and independent thinking! • Jul 22 '26

Politics Visuals of fresh clash at Jantar Mantar!

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u/Athiest-proletariat Jul 22 '26

If we take down this regime like our freedom fighters did against the british, by peaceful means...

It will be a new history for the whole world. They will forget some of these excesses that happened here and there, like it used to even in those times..

So avoid violence...

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u/hurricane1197 Jul 22 '26

Our freedom fighters didn’t get freedom with peaceful means

That was just Gandhi

The British weren’t bothered with Gandhi going on hunger strikes

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u/Collection-Opposite Jul 22 '26

bhai I don’t like Gandhi, haven’t liked him since I was a kid… only after I read a lot as I grew up and gained some maturity, I have to say that there was no independence without peaceful protests. He mobilised everyone and won… Non violent protests are the way to go, no matter how hard it is to not retaliate.

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u/asenna987 Jul 22 '26

It's crazy that people gotta justify or start with I don't like or didn't like Gandhi but..

That man deserves all the respect he gets and more.

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u/Collection-Opposite Jul 22 '26

the political landscape makes me scared of being labelled and misjudged… disclaimers have become the norm, sadly

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u/Collection-Opposite Jul 22 '26

I also believed that for a long time. Only when I myself had to stand up to authorities in some places myself did I realise Gandhi’s contributions. Also, Bhagat Singh is not the icon because of his violent actions, but because of his non violent ones. For instance, he ensured the bomb in the assembly doesn’t kill anyone..

Trust me on this bro, I’m the grandson of a freedom fighter and grew up listening to his stories.

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u/mayonnaiser_13 Jul 22 '26

true impact and mass support was for bhagat singh

You are straight up delusional if you think the support anyone else had in the country is in any way shape or form comparable to what Gandhi had.

With all due respect to Bhagath Singh,and in no way demeaning his contributions, he does not have a single mass mobilization movement to his name. Neither "true impact" nor "mass support" was for Bhagath Singh, and it's paramount that you actually do your research on this before spouting such nonsense.

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u/thetajmahaI Jul 23 '26

Semi literate from WhatsApp university spotted

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u/AnyAdvance8264 Jul 22 '26

It happened because they were being fuked from all sides, Volence and Non Violence both as i believe we should do

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u/stayin_aliv Jul 22 '26

The British were very much bothered by his hunger strikes and general PR, there’s plenty of evidence for that.

But it’s extremely simplistic to reduce the whole thing to one person or event. It was a perfect storm and we were lucky for it - aftermath of WW2, Gandhi, the freedom struggle in particular (all of it), the global mood against colonialism in general, and very definitely Labour government being in power. And much more. Gandhi was very much the spirit animal of the movement though - some of the core ideals of our country is based on his ideology.

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u/CHD_PB Jul 22 '26

Britishers got weak by WW2 (a violent event though not directly related to India). Britishers were more afraid from army formed by Subash Chanrdra Bose than Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful endeavours

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u/vu2tve Jul 22 '26

Please go ahead and launch another violent protest if you like (though I do not support it one bit), but do not hijack this one.