Provincial Elections of 1937

The British government had responded to the Civil Disobedience Movement with repression, and many nationalist leaders were imprisoned.

  • The movement's withdrawal in April 1934 left a void in terms of a unified and forceful opposition. Nehru attacked the withdrawal of civil disobedience, and many political activists felt despair.
  • Furthermore, the leaders realised that a new approach was necessary to revitalise the fight for independence.
  • As early as 1933, Subhas Chandra Bose and Vithalbhai Patel had declared that "the Mahatma as a political leader has failed". They also called for a radical reorganisation of Congress, based on a new principle and with ....
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