It was not merely Gandhi’s method of 'ahimsa' which got freedom for Bharat but also the policy of violence pursued by Chandra Shekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh and other revolutionary freedom fighters
The Indian revolutionary, who popularised the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad', demanded that the British send a military detachment to execute him by firing squad; the Hindu nationalist promised to give up the fight for freedom if released – and kept his word.