Upendra Kumar Bhagat
History
December 2021
Gandhi initially travelled for a year to get to know India before arriving from South Africa in 1915. He became involved in the issues the Champaran peasants had with the English planters for whom they grew the indigo plant at the conclusion of that time. Historiography has unequivocally proved that his actions in Champaran served as his first instance of the satyagraha's effectiveness, catapulting him to national notoriety. As a result, the study of Gandhi's work as a political theorist, freedom warrior, and social reformer now includes the Champaran conflict as a subset of the greater Gandhian literature. This article adopts an alternative viewpoint. Gandhi had practised a number of methods for managing and carrying out a satyagraha campaign in addition to establishing his idea of satyagraha in South Africa. Champaran observes him using such strategies methodically, which is extremely unlike from how peasant conflicts were fought. In an effort to apply a management perspective to his execution of this endeavour, I characterise the Champaran fight as a project. I start by giving a quick summary of the peasant conflict in Champaran. The strategies Gandhi used to carry out his leadership of the movement are then examined from the viewpoint of project management. I demonstrate that it is easier to comprehend Gandhi's philosophy and morals when they are kept apart from the tactics used to carry out the conflict. I argue in my conclusion that Gandhi used certain logical and methodical project management techniques that guaranteed the victory of the battle, which were ingrained in the larger satyagraha concept.
0- 0
© Airo Journals 2021
