<P> A whole class of political leaders disagreed with Gandhi . Bipin Chandra Pal, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, Bal Gangadhar Tilak all criticized the idea of civil disobedience . But Gandhi had the backing of the people and a whole new generation of Indian nationalists as well as British Raj . </P> <P> In a series of sessions in 1918, 1919 and 1920, where the old and the new generations clashed in famous and important debates, Gandhi and his young supporters imbued the Congress rank - and - file with passion and energy to combat British rule directly . With the tragedy of the 1919 Amritsar Massacre and the riots in Punjab, Indian anger and passions were palpable and radical . With the election of Mohandas K. Gandhi to the presidency of the Indian National Congress, the battle of the party's soul was won, and a new path to India's destiny forged . </P> <P> Lokmanya Tilak, whom Gandhi had called The Father of Modern India died in 1920, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale had died four years earlier . Motilal Nehru, Lala Lajpat Rai and some other stalwarts backed Gandhi as they were not sure that they can lead the people like Tilak and Gokhale . Thus it was now entirely up to Gandhi's Congress to show the way for the nation . </P> <P> In the years after the World War, the Congress expanded considerably, owing to public excitement after Gandhi's success in Champaran and Kheda . A whole new generation of leaders arose from different parts of India, who were committed Gandhians Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Narhari Parikh, Mahadev Desai--as well as hot - blooded nationalists aroused by Gandhi's active leadership--Chittaranjan Das, Subhas Chandra Bose, Srinivasa Iyengar . </P>

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