THE STUDENT REVOLT IN INDIA
Das, Taraknate
The Student Revolt in India By TARAKNATH DAS INDIA IS IN revolt against British authority and the students of India are playing the same part that the students in American colleges played in 1776,...
...2.—Gradual withdrawal of lawyers from practice and settlement of disputes by Indian Arbitration Courts...
...In Lucknow, Nadwa College students are on strike...
...The students in the Indian colleges are following the example of the students of Turkey Who were the very back-bone of the Young Turk and Nationalist movement, and also of the students of Persia and China who are doing their share to make their countries free from any vestige of foreign control...
...An All India Students' Conference is to be held during the coming Christmas week at Nagpur, India, where the All India National Congress will hold it sessions at the same time...
...The world may soon hear of another Amritsar massacre...
...What further weapons from the Government's armory may be brought to bear on the situation is a question which a short time will make apparent...
...The movement for the independence of India has assumed immense proportions...
...These are bu fraction of the facts regarding student activities in India up to November 2, 1920...
...Concerning the gravity of the situation created by the Student Revolt in India, the Bombay Chronicle of November 2nd said: "The Government is taking steps to fortify itself against any possible danger...
...Situation is Grave THE gravity of the situation in India can be well understood from Great Britain's earnestness in her military reorganization of India under four district commands to cope with the internal unrest and also with the critical conditions existing in neighboring countries due to the success of the Russian Soviet regime...
...6.—Vigorous prosecution of the Swandeshi movement, i. e., the boycott of all articles of foreign manufacture...
...On the 14th of October 1920, they notified the trustees of the institution that unless the college were disaffiliated from all British relations, they would go on strike...
...They have boycotted many educational institutions and transformed them into national institutions free from all British connection...
...Montague has lately declared in the British Parliament that the situation in India is so serious that the Governor-General of India has been vested with unlimited authority...
...The student body of India is working as the standardbearer of the new movement among the masses of the Indian people...
...The Student Revolt in India By TARAKNATH DAS INDIA IS IN revolt against British authority and the students of India are playing the same part that the students in American colleges played in 1776, the students of Germany in 1848 and the students of Russia who have exhibited a glorious spirit of self-sacrifice throughout the struggle for freedom from Czar-dom...
...Students Take Lead FROM the study of such information as is available from the Indian papers and other sources, we find that the students of Aligarh College took the lead in the student revolt against British control...
...The student movement has already assumed great national significance...
...By thousands they were interned, put in prison, sent to the Andaman Islands, the Siberia of British India, condemned to death and shot on conviction by Court Martial officials...
...It was only yesterday (October 25th) that a Gazette Extraordinary was issued, and Lahore, Amritsar, and Sheikpura districts were declared notified areas under the Seditious Meetings Act, with the reservation that Lahore and Amritsar municipal areas were exempted...
...3.—Withdrawal of children from Government schools and the development of education...
...The statement that either Hon...
...Non-participation in Government Loans...
...His program of Non-cooperation involves the following measures: 1.—Renunciation of all titles and honorary offices under the British Government...
...Students of Ramaja College, Hindu College and other institutions in Delhi have joined the movement...
...On the 29th of October, the trustees refused to accede to their demands and the students not only struck but took control of the institution and transformed it into a national university under the leadership of men like Mohamad Ali who, during the war, had been interned because of his political views...
...Since then the students, of Islamia College of Lahore and Khalsa College and some of the students of D. A. V. College of the same city have joined the movement...
...Program of Non-Cooperation THOUGH Mahatma Gandhi Is working for the absolute independence of India without violence, he would rather see armed resistance to tyranny than a meek submission to conditions of slavery...
...Winston Churchill or the Duke of Connaught will be vested with the robe of Governor-General (Czar) of India shows that the trend of the British policy will be one of repression in India as it is in Ireland...
...In the past it was more or less a secret society movement but now it has taken the form of a Swaraj (Self-Rule) movement under the leadership of Mahatma M. K. Gandhi who advocates Non-cooperation with the British Government to achieve the goal of Swaraj which he interprets as the complete independence of the country from all alien control...
...4.—Boycott of the Montagu Councils (Indians to refuse to vote or stand as candidates...
...The students of India are the back-bone of this movement and they are extending universal support to Mahatma Gandhi...
...5.—Refusal to accept any civil or military post in Mesapotamia or other territories now being administered in violation of pledges...
...In Calcutta, the Madrasa College students are on strike, and they want to transform the institution into a national college...
...When we carefully study the British Government reports on revolutionary activities in India we find that the students have played the part of pioneers...
...7.—Refusal to pay taxes...
...The Sikh League has decided to transform Khalsa College to a national university...
Vol. 13 • January 1921 • No. 1
