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Appendix
3 - The Older Order Changeth... |
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| Mahatma
Gandhi introduced in the Congress a style of leadership - leadership
from above - which has characterized the party ever since, however
stark the differences between the personalities of the leaders -
between the Mahatma and Nehru , between Nehru and Indira Gandhi
between Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. The Mahatma did not rise in
the party hierarchy. He, in a manner of speaking, descended on it
from above, having made his name and perfected his techniques in
South Africa. He just took over the organization, such as it was,
after the First World War and remained its supreme leader till his
assassination on 30 January 1948. He resigned as an ordinary member
of the Congress as if to make the point that his leadership was not
contingent on such formalities.
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