Mahatma Gandhi's perspective on women's participation in freedom struggle
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education, freedom struggle, Indian society, perspective, women participationAbstract
Large numbers of women participated in India's freedom struggle. Indian society wasn't so congenial for women's participation in the political and social sphere of India. India has a long history of women's victimization and slavery. Women were kept deprived of education, freedom, rights, and privileges for ages. But, the British attracted the attention of Indians toward the miserable condition of Indian women during the nineteenth century. As a result of the social and political scenario, women's enlightenment movements gained traction in the nineteenth century. Women gradually started receiving education. They became aware due to education and participated in the political and social sphere of India. Some elite, upper-class, and socio-politically inherited women were already involved in the freedom struggle movement. Due to the influence of Tilak, women started participating in the freedom struggle movement during Tilak era. In 1920, importance was given to Mahatma Gandhi's persona for the participation of women in the freedom struggle during Gandhi's era. But, Mahatma Gandhi's perspective was too conservative regarding women's participation in the freedom struggle. Later on, his perspective became all-pervasive and many women dedicated their lives for the sake of freedom struggle, and some of them martyred in it.
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