This reorganization legitimized the new constituencies of Gandhi's following and assured Congress continuing grass-roots national support. The support of Congress for its British Committee was now discontinued, thus finally cutting the silver cord of dependence on London.
Nevertheless, the moderates played au extremely important role in developing the Westernizing strand in the complex of Indian nationalism. In their attempt to find in Western society a spur for Indian action, they looked to a wider field than English liberalism.
