Every movement started by Gandhiji helped Indian Nationalism to attain an unprecedented height. The Movements conceived by Gandhiji like Champaran Peasant Movement (1917), Ahmedabad Mill Workers Movement (1918), Kheda Peasant Movement(1918) were limited to the specific issue of a particular section of the society. The scope of the area was also very limited. But Rowlatt Satyagtaha (1919) against the censure of freedom of press and detention without trial was proactively joined by all the sections of the society from Bengal in the east to Punjab in the west. Sentiments of the aggrieved common people were addressed. Knitting of people from all religions, all castes, all age groups, and both the genders in the Nationalist Movement had a distinguished characteristic of the Rowlatt Satyagraha. National newspapers, political journals, etc. made Gandhi a popular figure. This was the first all India level Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi. ....Read more