Writers and poets played an important role in India’s independence movement for them breathed life into the concepts and visions of freedom. The Movement, just like the French revolution, witnessed a lot of literary works that motivate the Indians to fight till the end.
Both known and unknown poets kept the spirit of freedom alive even during the bleakest hours of the struggle with their immortal words.
Rabindranath Tagore, Muhammad lqbal, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Subramania Bharati, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Sri Aurobindo, and Gandhiji himself are just some of the names that come instantly to the mind. These writings were not only in English but in the regional languages as well.
As the freedom movement strengthened and attracted more sections of the people, it was the poets, writers and journalists who cemented the people’s resolve never to give up till freedom was won.