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Swaraj

Overview

self-rule movement in India

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  1. Others have spelt the 'if' in capitals and suggested that if 'ifs' were permissible in argument, any absurdity could be proved to be a possibility. My proposition however is based on a mathematical calculation. And I venture to say that true Swaraj is a practical impossibility without due fulfilment of my conditions. Swaraj means a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the…

    Mahatma Gandhi, Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation

    The chapter “SWARAJ IN ONE YEAR” is titled for Swaraj; names Swaraj several times.

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  2. EDITOR: There is need for patience. My views will develop of themselves in the course of this discourse. It is as difficult for me to understand the true nature of Swaraj as it seems to you to be easy. I shall, therefore, for the time being, content myself with endeavouring to show that what you call Swaraj is not truly Swaraj.

    Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Home Rule

    The chapter “WHAT IS SWARAJ?” is titled for Swaraj; names Swaraj several times.

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  3. The struggle for the supremacy of the State over other forms of organization was directed against the power of minor districts, provinces, principalities, against the dispersion of power among feudal lords as well as, in some countries, against the pretensions of an ecclesiastic potentate. The "State" represents the conspicuous culmination of the great movement of social integration and consolidation taking place in…

    John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy

    Close in meaning to Swaraj; the term itself is not named.

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Part of Political philosophy.

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