State the significance of Gandhiji's speech at Banaras Hindu Universit

1.	State the significance of Gandhiji's speech at Banaras Hindu University.
Answer» Solution :The FIRST major public appearance of Gandhiji was at the opening of the BHU in FEBRUARY 1916. He was invited on account of his achievements in South Africa. While speaking on the occasion he criticised the elite for no mention of the poor LABOURERS. While expressing his views he said that opening of the university was a most gorgeous show, but the ever increasing ECONOMIC hiatus between the rich and the poor was really a matter of worry for him. He further said that instead of ADOPTING the tone of self-congratulation, we should think about the plight of peasents and farmers, who were not present there. This speech by Gandhiji was the first public announcement to make Indian nationalism more properly representative of the Indian people as a whole.

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