Friday, May 15, 2015

Disciplinary action against Subhas and some leftists -1939 and Removal of Halwelk Monument.

Though  the Congress passed the resolutions at Haripura (February 1938) and Tripuri ((March 1939) declaring British Foreign policy as one of deliberate betrayal of democracy and refusing to permit the man-power and resources  of India to be exploited in the interests of British imperialism. Gandhi and Nehru expressed deep sympathy in her hours of trial.Gandhi wrote  ; " I am not just now thinking of India's deliverance. ....".
Nehru went a step further and made it quite clear that in his view India should offer not only sympathy but unconditional support to Britain. On 8 Sept.after a hurried return from China, Nehru declared ; "We do not approach the problem with a view to taking advantage of Britain's difficulties....I should like India to play to play her full part and through all her resources into the struggle for a new world.."
The  June meeting of the AICC adopted two resolutions which were expressly meant to combat and contain the leftist challenge.
After forming the Forward Bloc Subhas Chandra took extensive tour through out India and held three conference;
1. 1st Conference of All India Forward Bloc on 22nd June, 1939 at Bombay,
2. Left Consolidation Committee formed at Bombay,








3. Called Protest day on 9th July against the AICC's resolution to assert the inherent democratic right of Congressmen to ventilate their grievances. Despite the Congress President's warning, many protest meetings and demonstrations were held at several places.
4. As per the decision of the 2nd conference of Forward Bloc at Ramgarh to observe Civil Disobedience from 6th April to 13th April , 1939, on the demand of Complete Independence in India The workers of the Forward Bloc dismantled  the black spot on the Dalhousie Square  on 3rd July, 1940 when Subhas Chandra was arrested on 2nd july, 1940, the 11th and last term of his arrest.





Pic-1, The Halwell Monument being guarded by the Police, Pic-2, Satyagraha in front of the Monument, pic-3, woment volunteers join the movement, pic-4, dismantling of the monument in progress, pic-5, Holwell monument is no more.


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