Tuesday 13 September 2016

What is Swarajya According to the Gandhiji?

Swaraj of Gandhiji propounds the realisation of the bondages of the self,which are both internal and external and freedom of oneself from all bondages such as social,economical and political and it also includes restraining oneself from impulsive desires of the individual by knowing one’s duties to others.

Swarajya of Gandhiji is not mere transfer of political power from britishers to Indians. It is the goal of self ruling along with self-regulation. It is not a mere acquisition of authority by few individuals but it is acquisition of authority by people whenever there is crisis(abuse of the power). The real Swaraj is attained by educating the masses to a sense of authority to regulate and control the power. 


According to the Gandhiji,Swaraj means combination of the Individual freedom and Individual self control by realising his duties towards others. He further stated that Outward freedom of the individual is in exact proportion to the inward freedom, to which we have grown at a moment. based on this premise he pleaded that all the people of india should get the freedom from within, where there is no bondages, which may be social, political and economical. To realise such freedom, one shall know one’s duties to his neighbours. That realisation of the duties will only be attained by realising the love,which in-turn be realised through means of  Non- Violence. That means freedom is not mere acquisition of the power but realising the duties towards the humanity through the means of non-violation. Loving the enemy is not a simple thing but it requires lot of inner-strength and shows our sense of commitment and endurance towards our goal. 

In Swaraj based Ahimsa(non-Violence), people need not know their rights, but it is necessary for them to know their duties. There is no duty that does not create corresponding rights and those rights alone are genuine rights, which flow from the performance of duty.


Swarajya of Gandhiji doesn’t recognise any creed,religion,caste,language or few powerful individuals. It is conglomeration of everyone that includes the blind,  millions of toiling individuals. According to the Gandhiji, Purna Swarajya can only be attained wherever there is economic freedom of the toiling individual. This swaraj removes all forms of the exploitation of the millions of toiling individuals. Ultimate aim of the Swaraj is attainment of the sarvodaya that means Upliftment of the all the people irrespective of the creed, religion, race, caste, sex and other factors.


Swarjya concept of the gandhiji also plays crucial role in modelling the indian democracy, which is not a mere conducting of periodical election,parliament and state legislature  but it is the power the people to elect the representatives based upon the reason and knowledge available at his/her feet. It enables the man to reason his choice before casting the vote. 



His swarajya proposes the empowerment of the villages through decentralisation of the power. He believed centralisation of the power leads to the corruption and violence and decentralisation of the power puts the individual in an environment which is free from all bondages such as redtapism,corruption,nepotism,violence in need of power and other impurities and his reason also proposes that in the ocean of the decentralised power, if any unit(village) fails, it wouldn’t hurt entire ocean and it sustain by itself and repairs the unit in the course of time.

(This was his universal ideal thought,which was conceived by GOI of in 1992 through 73rd amendment act to the Constitution of India.)



Swarajya also includes the Swadeshi, which means development of the local goods and services rather than depending upon the far places for our immediate needs. Swadeshi increases self-regulation of individual as wells as interdependency between persons,villages,states and nations. Swadeshi enables the engagement of the person with the society.through which one can get rid of the ignorance, egoness and false pride. Interdependence enhances the bonding between people and leads to the establishment of the ancient doctrine that is vasudhaika kutumbam. (Swadeshi is at present conspicuous in the form of make in india campaign of Govt of India. this form of Self-reliance enhances the employment growth, technology upgradation, Inclusive growth, Economic Growth, Social Interdependence and all round development of the person.)

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