Anarchism in India

Anarchism in India first emerged within the Indian independence movement, gaining particularly notoriety for its influence on Mohandas Gandhi's theory of Sarvodaya and his practice of nonviolent resistance.

[1] Anarchism was also an influence on the revolutionary movement, inspiring the works of Har Dayal, M. P. T. Acharya and Bhagat Singh, among others.

[3] In Hindu cosmology, the Satya Yuga described a possible stateless society where people were governed only by the "universal natural law of dharma".

"[7] One disciple of Vivekananda was Sri Aurobindo, who applied his libertarian principles to the Indian independence movement, agitating for "non-violent direct action".

[8] Aurobindo's theory of nonviolent resistance was later developed upon by Mohandas Gandhi, who was himself inspired by the Russian anarcho-pacifist Leo Tolstoy to organize a mass civil disobedience movement against British rule in India.

"[13] He advocated for the implementation of Swaraj (self-governance) starting with individuals, before moving up through the village, region and finally the national level.

This means that they want to eliminate ... the state; private property.Singh was involved in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association and Naujawan Bharat Sabha (Translated to 'Youth Society of India').

[17] Indian revolutionary and the founder of the Ghadar Party Lala Har Dayal was involved in the anarchist movement in United States.

The Ghadar Party attempted to overthrow the British in India by reconciling western concepts of social revolution - particularly those stemming from Mikhail Bakunin - with Buddhism.