Question

Identify some of the reasons for the rift between Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi.

• A. Gandhi believed in socialism and total revolution, while Bose believed in a non-violent approach.
• B. Bose's ideas of achieving independence were different and radical from Gandhi’s ideas.
• C. Bose, unlike Gandhi, believed that freedom could not be attained without foreign support.
• D. Bose asserted that the British should always be dealt with diplomacy and tact.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C), (D)

The correct options are
B Bose's ideas of achieving independence were different and radical from Gandhi’s ideas.
C Bose, unlike Gandhi, believed that freedom could not be attained without foreign support.
D Bose asserted that the British should always be dealt with diplomacy and tact.

The bond between Bose and Gandhiji was not so smooth. Bose's ideas of achieving independence were different and radical from Gandhi's ideas. Bose was a bold fighter for Swaraj who firmly believed that only an armed uprising could free India from the tyranny of the British. Bose believed in socialism and considered the masses ready to go out on a total revolution, while Gandhiji believed in non-violence. Bose felt that freedom was non-attainable without foreign support. Since Britain was in a war with Germany, Bose wanted to utilise the situation for winning freedom for India, and Gandhi did not favour this approach.