Abstract
Concerning the study of the nationalist movement in India several series of studies followed one another. It seems however in a general way that the study of the nationalist movement in India suffered from an often excessive attention carried to Gandhi leading to neglect the importance of the other actors.
This fact in then deeply directed the university searches in the direction of a reconsideration of the role of the other actors. There are developed for example the Subordinates Studies who aimed in re value the role played by the local populations in this movement towards the independence. The thesis of Printhwindra Mukherjee (The intellectual roots of the movement of independence of India (on 1893-1918) for example also joins this will to rethink the Indian nationalize movement Indian by returning on its intellectual roots and by bringing to light personalities having played a role determining in the process of independence but the importance of which was hiden by the focusing the personality of Gandhi. An analysis of the link between violence of the British oppression and answer provided by Gandhi to this violence is the opportunity to rethink the role of the local populations in the independence But especially this way of rethinking the role of the local populations ensues from a new consideration of the importance of the violence in the Indian traditional society , in the heart of our comment.
Our study will concern the period going from 1829 to 1930s. Indeed, we shall hold the date of 1829 because it is the date of the beginning of the campaign anti Thug who corresponds to an evident demonstration of the violence of the British oppression. We shall stop our study in 1930s with in particular the Salt March because it is not a question here of being interested in the independence but indeed in the events having led to it.
