Opposing Oppression Of Satyagraha

Being killed, injured, or even arrested for proposing ideas for the government is something horrible. The Indians were suffering from these examples by the British. One day, a man with the name of Mohandas Gandhi, decided to help India to gain independence with a method he used called satyagraha. Satyagraha is a way of opposing oppression respectfully without violence. Unfortunately, the satyagraha did not end well in India so it was not an effective way of opposing oppression. The protesters were killed and injured during the protests, which was sickening. A great amount of people have been arrested in the process. Since the British were stubborn, they did not respect the protesting, in fact, they arrested Mohandas Gandhi for being the reason for this “chaos” against the British. The Satyagraha is not an effective way of opposing oppression because it created more problems such as, protesters being killed, protesters being arrested, and the British being stubborn and not respecting the movement. …show more content…
The British did not like how people protested, as a result they killed some people and injured a great deal. The British injured innumerable amounts of people, the way they were injured was quite obnoxious. “One American reporter counted over three hundred protesters injured and two killed” (Watson Institute 14). The infuriated British killed a couple of blameless protesters and injured countless. It was very hostile and rude as they were disrespecting the Indians. The American reporter said that people were injured and killed. It is very evident that the Satyagraha was not a good idea, its results were unpleasant. Despite the fact that the British killed and injured the Indians, they also jailed many of