You may have witnessed many movements in which people participate in large
numbers, try to understand some problem, decide in favour of some form of change
and campaign actively for it. You may even have participated in some of them. Recall
some such movement that you have read about in the newspapers or participated in.
What were the problems, who were the people affected? What did they want? Who
led the movement? How were the people persuaded to join the movement? Were
there any differences within the movement? How did the movement proceed and to
Background
During the first half of the 20th century, the world was dominated by the great
wars, revolutions, emergence of German Fascism, Soviet Socialism, Western
liberalism, national liberation movements etc. However, with the end of the Second
World War and the independence of colonies and semi-colonies like India, China,
Indonesia, Nigeria and Egypt by mid 1950s, a new era began in the world. This was
an era of economic growth and prosperity for most of the countries, but also of
growing tensions in many countries. Sections of societies which had long been
denied equal rights came out asserting their rights
