Although, perhaps the love of Bhagat singh and Chandrasekhar for their country was equally strong and deep, but i am afraid, i don't quiet agree with the argument that Gandhi was not the greatest leader of our country during the freedom struggle. The reason being , during the freedom movement, the methods employed by the young revolutionaries and leaders like Bhagat Singh and Chandrasekhar to free our country were primarily derived from the just happened successful revolution in Russia. Whereas, being a totally different country and society India needed a different kind of revolution, with a more humane face, as the oppressors i.e. British, themselves were not total savage or brutal to deal with. Hence, the methods had to be such which could beat them logically rather than through the sheer force, as they were superior to us in the later.
Methods adopted by Bhagat Singh and Chandrasekhar ultimately proved to be deficient in having any significant impact on the British raj, but the unique methods of non violent protest and civil disobedience applied by Gandhi to compel the colonial masters to leave, clicked, as he played according to the rule and adopted a hitherto unheard method of non violent protest.
This speaks the genius of his mind, and the fact that he always practiced what he preached does raise his stature to an all time mass leader of the world along side Marx and Plato. Therefore, he is rightly considered to be the greatest champion of peace and democracy not only in
India but around the world. Having said that, Bhagat, Chandrasekhar and other comrades were also great revolutionaries. But they chose an approach which probably was outdated, or simply couldn't be effective in that context.
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