<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>While Ghandi's campaigns depended on the support of lawyers, traders,<BR>money-lenders, village officials and sub-contractors, his affectation of<BR>traditional dress and customs also gave him wide appeal to the impoverished<BR>masses whose support he won to Congress. His methods allowed Congress to<BR>gain popular support through a form of limited opposition to Britain but at<BR>the same time avoided the large-scale violence which could have threatened<BR>the vested interests of the Indian bourgeoisie. The Oxford Modern History of<BR>India summed up Ghandi's role as "in a sense the government's best friend at<BR>that time" and credited him with ensuring that "resentment did not flame<BR>into insurrection".<BR><BR>Russell</DIV><BR> <HR> <DIV>Hi Russell</DIV> <DIV>Above are some valuable comments</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Warm regards<BR>George Pennefather</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site at<BR><A href="http://homepage.tinet.ie/~beprepared/">http://homepage.tinet.ie/~beprepared/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>