India, 1942
Swaraj and Sovereignty: India’s Fight For Freedom
A TRADITIONAL CRISIS COMMITTEE
ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE
Speech continues to be silenced, but no matter how hard they try, the oppressors cannot silence the movement.
It is August 1942. In the wake of the Quit India Movement, the British Raj has arrested much of the top leadership of the Indian National Congress. This censorship fails to quash the resistance. Underground networks of students, workers, and revolutionaries form. Some call for nonviolent defiance. Others turn to sabotage, targeting railways, telegraphs, and symbols of imperial control. Meanwhile, the British Raj tightens its grip, deploying censorship, mass detentions, and military force to suppress dissent, all while fighting a global war that strains its resources. In this crisis, delegates will navigate the struggle for independence, whether through resistance, reform, or repression. Even within the independence movement, political and communal tensions grow, raising difficult questions about representation and the structure of a future state.
Delegates on all sides must decide: will the nation hold, or will it fracture under pressure?
THe Dais
Crisis Director
Arya Kamath
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Arya Kamath is a junior majoring in Economics and Public Policy with a Data Science minor. She’s been involved with MUN since her first semester at UNC, competing on the travel team and staffing UNCMUNC and MUNCH. Outside of MUN, she enjoys reading, writing, singing, and debating just about anything.
Associate Crisis Director
Hafsa Adeel
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Hafsa Adeel is a sophomore studying Biology and Neuroscience with a minor in Arabic. She has been in MUN since high school, competing and staffing at both the high school and collegiate level. Outside of MUN, she loves basketball, baking, and hate-watching movies with her best friend.
Head CHair
Rohan Pruthi
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Rohan Pruthi is a junior studying Health Policy and Biology. He’s been involved with MUN since high school, and has enjoyed both running committees at UNCMUNC and competing on the circuit. Outside of MUN, he loves watching and playing pretty much any sport and cheering on the Tar Heels!
Deputy Chair
Tejas Mistry
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Tejas Mistry is a junior studying Political Science with a minor in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Joining MUN during his freshman year, he has since traveled to competitions and staffed both UNCMUNC and MUNCH. Beyond MUN, he boxes, reads almost anything, and misses his dog back in Los Angeles.