Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari: Vol. II, 1921–22
Mahesh Rangarajan, N. Balakrishnan, Deepa Bhatnagar(Ed.s)
Price
2670
ISBN
9788125056133
Language
English
Pages
528
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
158 x 240 mm
Year of Publishing
2014
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan

Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari, Vol. 2, 1921–22, is part of a series of ten volumes that gather together the writings of Rajaji over the period 1907–72. The second volume covers a brief but significant phase in Rajaji’s political life, beginning with his arrest for participating in the non-cooperation movement in December 1921 and his imprisonment in Vellore Central Jail. Rajaji’s jail diary is published here with detailed annotations for the first time. By the time Rajaji was released from jail in March 1922, Mahatma Gandhi, by then his close associate, had been arrested and remanded to Yeravda Jail. The mantle of bringing out the nationalist weekly Young India fell on Rajaji’s shoulders. Through the columns of Young India,Rajaji kept alive Gandhiji’s message of non-violence and his emphasis on the importance of khaddar and the spinning wheel. Besides his various editorials and articles in Young India, the present volume also contains letters, speeches and other writings of Rajaji during these years. The volume ends with his spirited defence of the non-cooperation programme opposing council entry at the 37th Session of the Indian National Congress at Gaya in December 1922. Overall, the collection offers a close commentary on the non-cooperation movement and its aftermath.

Mahesh Rangarajan is Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).
N. Balakrishnan is Deputy Director, NMML.
Deepa Bhatnagar is in charge of the Research and Publications Division and NMML Archives.

List of Illustrations
Preface
1.      Jail Diary                                                                              December 1921–March 1922
2.      Letter to Mahatma Gandhi                                                  9 February 1922
3.      Interview to a Representative of the Bombay Chronicle    1 April 1922
4.      My Great Disappointment: Article                                      6 April 1922 92
5.      Interview to a Representative of the Bombay Chronicle    9 April 1922
6.      Circular for Observing Gandhi Day                                    16 April 1922
7.      Circular for Tilak Swarajya Fund                                        17 April 1922
8.      Our Work during the Halt: Article                                      20 April 1922
9.      A Fatal Suggestion: Article                                                 4 May 1922
10.    Telegram to Kasturba Gandhi                                              12 May 1922
11.    Telegram to Pyarelal                                                            17 May 1922
12.    The Key-Stone: Article                                                        18 May 1922
13.    Why Khadi for Civil Disobedience? Comment                   18 May 1922
14.    Appeal on Gandhi Day                                                        18 May 1922
15.    Telegram to Pyarelal                                                            21 May 1922
16.    Revision Proposals Examined: Article                                 25 May 1922
17.    What Became of the Bombs? Article                                  25 May 1922
18.    Mahatmaji’s Jail Treatment: Note                                        25 May 1922
19.    Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 27 May 1922
20.    Appeal to Merchants                                                            1 June 1922
21.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      1 June 1922
22.    The Cry from the Mulshi Valley: Editorial                          1 June 1922
23.    A Grave Warning: Comment                                               1 June 1922
24.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      8 June 1922
25.    Much the Better for Happiness: Editorial                            8 June 1922
26.    Dangerous Doctrines: Editorial                                           8 June 1922
27.    Repression in Santhal Parganas: Note                                 8 June 1922
28.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      15 June 1922
29.    The Right of Private Defence: Article                                 15 June 1922
30.    Faith Unshaken: Editorial                                                    15 June 1922
31.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      22 June 1922
32.    Civil Disobedience as Retaliation: Comment                      22 June 1922
33.    How Shall We Prepare? Editorial                                        22 June 1922
34.    Go On: Article                                                                     22 June 1922
35.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      29 June 1922
36.    A Fundamental Error: Article                                              29 June 1922
37.    Construction but Not Cooperation: Article                         29 June 1922
38.    Unclaimed Property: Article                                                29 June 1922
39.    Is It Direct Action? Editorial                                               29 June 1922
40.    The Secret: Editorial                                                            29 June 1922
41.    The Muzang Affair: Editorial                                              29 June 1922
42.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      6 July 1922
43.    Political Prisoners: Article                                                    6 July 1922
44.    The Shame of It: Editorial                                                   6 July 1922
45.    Empire and Equality: Article                                               6 July 1922
46.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      13 July 1922
47.    Utkal’s Purest Offering: Comment                                      13 July 1922
48.    Ascetics and Saint: Editorial                                               13 July 1922
49.    Phantom Equality: Editorial                                                13 July 1922
50.    Mahatmaji and the Present Situation: Article                      13 July 1922
51.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      20 July 1922
52.    Ahimsa and World Peace: Comment                                   20 July 1922
53.    How Is Lakshmi? Editorial                                                  20 July 1922
54.    The First of August: Editorial                                              20 July 1922
55.    Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 25 July 1922
56.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      27 July 1922
57.    To Sisters in Tamil Land: Message                                      27 July 1922
58.    Not to Destroy but to Fulfil: Editorial                                 27 July 1922
59.    To the Reader: Editorial                                                      3 August 1922
60.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      10 August 1922
61.    The Father of Non-cooperation: Editorial                           10 August 1922
62.    The Steel Frame: Editorial                                                   10 August 1922
63.    A Great Blow to Islam: Comment                                       10 August 1922
64.    Terrible Proof: Article                                                          10 August 1922
65.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      17 August 1922
66.    Stronger or Weaker? Editorial                                             17 August 1922
67.    Shanti’s Flag: Editorial                                                        17 August 1922
68.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      24 August 1922
69.    A Testimony: Comment                                                       24 August 1922
70.    The Last Injunction: Editorial                                              24 August 1922
71.    Violence Again: Article                                                       24 August 1922
72.    A Parable: Comment                                                            24 August 1922
73.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      31 August 1922
74.    Correspondence with Editor                                                31 August 1922
75.    Define the Constitution: Editorial                                       31 August 1922
76.    Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 2 September 1922
77.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      7 September 1922
78.    The Next Terror: Editorial                                                   7 September 1922
79.    Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 11 September 1922
80.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      14 September 1922
81.    Mahatmaji’s Letters: Article                                                14 September 1922
82.    An Electioneering Viceroy: Article                                     14 September 1922
83.    Only a Dream: Editorial                                                       14 September 1922
84.    The Story of Guru-ka-Bagh: Article                                    14 September 1922
85.    What is Impossible? Article                                                 14 September 1922
86.    Lokamanya and Untouchability: Comment                         14 September 1922
87.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      21 September 1922
88.    Dictation from Below: Article                                             21 September 1922
89.    Mrs. Besant’s Scheme: Editorial                                          21 September 1922
90.    Multan: Article                                                                     21 September 1922
91.    The Death-Waggon: Article                                                 21 September 1922
92.    Indianisation: Comment                                                      21 September 1922
93.    Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 26 September 1922
94.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      28 September 1922
95.    The Fiery Cross: Editorial                                                    28 September 1922
96.    The Destroyers: Editorial                                                     28 September 1922
97.    A Leading Cooperator’s Warning: Comment                      28 September 1922
98.    Telegram to Pyarelal                                                            4 October 1922
99.    Editor’s Notes                                                                      5 October 1922
100. Mahatmaji’s Birthday: Message                                          5 October 1922
101. Certified: Editorial                                                               5 October 1922
102. Mahatmaji’s Prison Life—A Lying Message: Article         5 October 1922
103. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 6 October 1922
104. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 11 October 1922
105. Editor’s Notes                                                                      12 October 1922
106. Robbery of the Soil: Article                                                 12 October 1922
107. A Congress of Untouchables: Article                                  12 October 1922
108. The Paradox: Editorial                                                         12 October 1922
109. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 15 October 1922
110. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 18 October 1922
111. Boycott of British Goods: A Note of Dissent                     19 October 1922
112. Editor’s Notes                                                                      19 October 1922
113. The Message from Yeravda: Editorial                                 19 October 1922
114. To the Mussalmans: Editorial                                              19 October 1922
115. A Severe Indictment: Article                                               19 October 1922
116. Manchester Guardian’s Correspondent: Comment             19 October 1922
117. How to Overcome Objections: Comment                           19 October 1922
118. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 23 October 1922
119. Letter to Motilal Nehru                                                        24 October 1922
120. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 24 October 1922
121. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 26 October 1922
122. Editor’s Notes                                                                      26 October 1922
123. The Rise and Fall of Premiers: Editorial                              26 October 1922
124. Editor’s Notes                                                                      2 November 1922
125. The New Premier: Article                                                    2 November 1922
126. Not Anyhow: Editorial                                                        2 November 1922
127. Groundless Fears: Editorial                                                 2 November 1922
128. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 4 November 1922
129. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 9 November 1922
130. Editor’s Notes                                                                      9 November 1922
131. Full Steam On! Editorial                                                      9 November 1922
132. The Phrygian Has Spoken Best: Editorial                           9 November 1922
133. Telegram from Salem regarding AICC Meeting                 14 November 1922
134. Editor’s Notes                                                                      16 November 1922
135. The Right Programme: Editorial                                          16 November 1922
136. Mr. Das’s Statement: Editorial                                            16 November 1922
137. ‘Two New Weapons’: Article                                              16 November 1922
138. Editor’s Notes                                                                      23 November 1922
139. Kemal Pasha’s Call: Editorial                                              23 November 1922
140. Within or Without the Empire: Comments                           
on Letter to Editor                                                               23 November 1922
141. Speech at AICC Meeting                                                    24 November 1922
142. Address to the Students of National High
School, Rajahmundry                                                          1 December 1922
143. Editor’s Notes                                                                      30 November 1922
144. Why It Should Be Rejected: Editorial                                30 November 1922
145. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 5 December 1922
146. Letter to Pyarelal                                                                 6 December 1922
147. Views on AICC Meeting                                                     6 December 1922
148. Editor’s Notes                                                                      7 December 1922
149. Repudiation: Editorial                                                         7 December 1922
150. Editor’s Notes                                                                      14 December 1922
151. Rights of Minorities: Comment                                           14 December 1922
152. Editor’s Notes                                                                      21 December 1922
153. Famine Insurance: Comment                                               21 December 1922
154. Repudiation a Necessary Corollary: Editorial                     21 December 1922
155. Death: Editorial                                                                   21 December 1922
156. Speech on Boycott of British Goods at Gaya Congress     29 December 1922
157. Resolution and Speech on Boycott of Councils
at Gaya Congress                                                                 29 December 1922
158. Reply to the Debate on Boycott of Councils at                   
Gaya Congress                                                                     30 December 1922
159. Speech Opposing the Resolution on Change in
Congress Creed at Gaya Congress                                      31 December 1922
160. Resolution and Speech on Repudiation of the Authority
of the Legislature to Incur Debts at Gaya Congress           31 December 1922
161. Resolutions and Speech on Private Defence and the
Affiliation of Committees Outside India to the I.N.C.
at Gaya Congress                                                                 31 December 1922

Appendices

Appendix I: Resolutions Moved by C. Rajagopalachari

1.      Resolutions regarding Future Programme, Depressed Classes and Rules Committee
2.      Resolution on Congratulations to the Turks

Appendix II: Joint Statements

1.      Appeal regarding Presidentship of Gaya Congress
2.      Letter regarding Report of the Civil Disobedience Enquiry Committee
3.      Conclusion and Summary of Recommendations of the Civil Disobedience Enquiry Committee
4.      Views of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, M. A. Ansari and C. Rajagopalachari on Entry into Legislative Councils
5.      Report of Rules Committee of Tamil Nadu P.C.C.
6.      Report of General Secretaries

Appendix III: Miscellaneous Items

1.      Mahatma Gandhi’s Note in Young India
2.      Bardoli Programme
3.      G. B. Trivedi’s Questions
4.      Extracts from Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s Report of Repression in Santhal Parganas
5.      Statement of H. S. L. Polak and C. F. Andrews
6.      Extracts from Hind Swaraj
7.      Extracts from Article by Rev. Samuel Pearson

Chronology (December 1921–December 1922)
Index

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