期刊名称：International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies
印刷版ISSN：2349-6711
电子版ISSN：2349-6959
出版年度：2017
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：91-117
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出版社：Scholar Publications
摘要：The freedom struggle of India is discussed highlighting the extent that the freedom fighters of all hues got directly or, indirectly inspired from Swami Vivekananda’s (Swamiji’s) patriotism, the humanism- centric spirituality with love for the country and deep feelings for its poor and downtrodden. Until the British conquest, India was never a politically united nation and it was only spirituality which unified the nation. It was from Swamiji’s life and works that actually motivated: •the metamorphosis of the Indian National Congress, under Lal-Bal-Pal initiating the swadeshi movement; •his spiritual daughter Sister Nivedita, in making a paradigm shift of such movement besides spreading it throughout India; •Jatin (the tiger-like) and other revolutionaries making supreme sacrifice to wake up the nation; •Gandhji’s satyagraha and salt march with non-violence and non-cooperation making mass upsurge; •Moulana Azad and others to fight for Hindu-Muslim unity, despite the rulers efforts to accentuate the divide for perpetuating power; •Netaji Subhash Chandra forming the Indian National Army ( INA) and thereby ushering in a revolt like situation in the military along with mass upsurge and thereby compelling the war-torn British to hand over power. Swamiji’s model of patriotism was divinity-centric humanism with love for all. Considering India to be the van guard of spirituality, Her welfare with independence was a necessity for the world’s interest, as per Swamiji.
