Startup Lessons From India's Freedom Movement


BANGALORE: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's 1882 novel, Anandamath (Abbey of Bliss) is a long tribute to the heroes of the Indian independence movement that the rest of the country seems to have forgotten.

The novel is also famous for publishing our national song, Vande Mataram and sparking the first kindles of nationalism in a heavily subjugated population.

Rakhi Chakraborty, Yourstory.com, reported that the book Anandamath by Bankim Chandra has remarkable lessons for entrepreneurs on how a group of underestimated people contributed to the freedom movement and took on the British Empire.

Strong leadership:

It is a fact that a bad leader commands others to follow but a good leader encourages dedicated followers.

When the British army was forcing the Indian generals and lieutenants to fight against India, the fakirs and sannyasis placed their faith and lives in the hands of the able leaders of India.

The movement was lead by Majanu Shah who was a Sufi saint from Mewat. His assistants were his right hand men who were equally responsible for the initial roaring success of the revolt.

The leaders instilled audacity and passion that motivated their followers to face the army, even though they outnumbered one to a hundred.

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