THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE OF INDIA MIDDLAE CLASS STRUGGLERS-A STUDY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Indian peasants began to show a remarkable growth of political consciousness. Kisan Sabhas were organised which propagated political awareness among Kisans in the remote rural areas. The Middle classes in their folds included several categories of people which included intelligentsia, professionals, salaried class people, etc. These classes played their own significant role in national freedom struggle. In 1885, when Indian National Congress came into existence economic leaders of India considered their economic programmes effective enough to protect their interests and found no danger to Indian industry from khaddar programme of the party. On the other hand, they financed Congress party so that it could pursue its programme with vigor.The capitalist class on the whole felt that economic and political consciousness which Congress party was bringing in India for political freedom of the country from British rule was in its interest. They favoured Gandhian philosophy of class harmony and his views about capitalist trusteeship of the property. Dr. Tara Chand in his History of Freedom Movement in India has said that, “The credit of spreading national consciousness among the masses of the people organizing national liberation movement and ultimately emancipating the country from foreign rule must go to this class.” The whole process would have been very fast but it slowed down because of heterogeneity of middle classes.

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