They started to feel that to ensure the security of the country, we required strong and competent armed forces. They considered Gandhi as an obstruction to achieve their ends.Īfter achieving independence without spilling even a drop of blood, the leaders now wanted to strengthen the armed forces of the country. The views and the role of the vocal society on issues of communal harmony, khadi, village industries, Urdu, devnagari script, use of Hindustani (as against pure Sanskritised Hindi) and revival of Indian languages were very different. The weapons of truth and non-violence used by the Congress, and by default by the people, to achieve independence, were no longer considered adequate either by the same leaders of the Congress (who were in the forefront of the non-violent movement) or even the public. Gandhi had to finally give in to popular sentiment. But the Congress leaders and the public, tired of the communal tensions in the country, considered partition to be the lesser of the two evils. Gandhi had never subscribed to the two nation theory nor did he agree to it. On hearing of the possibility of India being made independent, Hindu-Muslim communal riots erupted around the country.
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