Traditionally, in India liberty is a spiritual idea signifying ‘salvation or emancipation from the cycle of birth and rebirth’. However, in modern times, liberty is understood as liberation from social constraints.
In British India, the concept of liberty was accepted as
Laws were made by the British for the protection of individual rights e.g., the law for the abolition of Sati.
Views of great reformers like Mahatma Phule, Dr. Ambedkar. They believed liberty means freedom from caste inequality as well as from social constraints i.e., the liberation of lower castes from the domination of the upper castes.
Mahatma Gandhi accepted the concept of Swaraj as liberty. This was a comprehensive concept that included freedom from British rule and western cultural domination. It gives more importance to self-governance, self discipline, and human values.
