CONTRIBUTION OF INDIA PHILOSOPHERS TOWARDS THE SOCIALISM

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Socialism in India grew as a plan for social and economic reconstruction and as an ideology of political liberation from the shackles of ruthless foreign imperialism. Socialist ideas gained a foothold in India during the period of the two World Wars. Indian socialists endeavoured to introduce a new set of values in Indian society and to organise the working millions under new modernity oriented leadership dedicated equally to the cause of Indian democracy and Socialism. The main aim of the Indian Socialists had always been to reconcile Socialism with nationalism from 1934; they sought to prove that the achievement of national freedom and an egalitarian society were inseparable objectives, but they were unsure of the means they adopted to achieve the end and moved to and fro like a weaver’s shuttle between the Gandhian and socialist ways. They could neither accept Gandhi wholeheartedly nor could reject him altogether. Their dilemma seemed to cripple their movements on many occasions, particularly at the time of the partition of India. The socialists were frantically searching for an equilibrium solution.

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