India was bereft of dynamic leadership

Those into freedom struggle - in whatever form - were waiting for someone to lead them from the front. There was a serious problem with the nationalist movement in India around the time. Gandhi reached India in January 1915 and came to Santiniketn on February 17 but left within two days for Poona on hearing news of Gokhale's death. Acharya Kripalani recalls in his autobiography that "India was bereft of dynamic leadership, with political life at a low ebb.Read More