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The temperance movement in India often led to the prohibition of alcohol in various states, as with Manipur. [5] In British India, many Indian temperance activists agitated for prohibition in the country. [6] Mahatma Gandhi was a champion of the temperance movement and viewed foreign rule as an obstacle to national prohibition. [7]
J.H. Chitamber, the wife of India's first bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, served as the president of the WCTU during this time. [8] The temperance movement in India became closely tied with the Indian independence movement as Mahatma Gandhi viewed alcohol as being a foreign importation. [4]
Nandhini Anandan is an anti-liquor-activist from India who, for the past five years, has been leading an anti-liquor movement across Tamil-nadu. She does campaigns along with her father at public places to raise awareness regarding some of the ill-effects of alcohol. She has been arrested, 55 times as of 2016, due to her protests. [1] [2] [3 ...
Major Indian freedom struggle like the Swadeshi, Non-Cooperation, and Civil Disobedience movement played vital role in anti-alcohol agitation. [4] When Congress won with majority in Madras Presidency in 1937, C. Rajagopalachari imposed alcohol prohibition in Salem district then later extended throughout the presidency.
The Indian People's Front was launched in a conference organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation which was held in Delhi between 24–26 April 1982. The conference was attended by the splinter factions of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) led by Nagbhushan Patnaik and Chandra Pulla Reddy.
Despite the astonishing decline in alcohol consumption and keepers’ efforts to accommodate temperate patrons, the anti-alcohol movement turned to legislative measures to reduce drinking still ...
In India alcohol is a state subject and individual states can legislate prohibition, ... when the Anti-Saloon League emerged as the movement's leader. By 1913, 9 ...
During this time, in former colonies (such as Gujarat in India, Sri Lanka and Egypt), the temperance movement was associated with anti-colonialism or religious revival. [ 60 ] : 310 [ 92 ] [ 93 ] As such, the temperance movement in India became closely tied with the Indian independence movement as Mahatma Gandhi viewed alcohol as being a ...