The date March 12, 1930 signified an important day for the history of India. On that specific date, the prominent civil rights figure Mahatma Gandhi led the Salt March in protest of British rule. This particular march forged a spiral of events across the country that eventually ushered in the era of India’s independence. Gandhi initially led seventy-eight of his nonviolence disciples from Sabarmati Ashram to the seaside village of Dandi, with many more joining the Salt March as the crowd passed through several Indian towns and villages in the twenty-four day trek. As the name suggests, the Salt March was conducted to protest against the British enforcement of the Salt Acts. The British imposed a monopoly on Indian salt and the Salt Acts made
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It was due to the guidance of Gandhi himself and his principles on nonviolence that freed India from the clutches of the occupying British rule. Gandhi’s concept of resistance through nonviolence or ahimsa is what fueled the independence movement for India. However, Gandhi did not come up with that principle himself. Instead, when Gandhi came up with the principle of ahimsa, he was influenced by Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. In particular, the commandment of nonviolence which states “if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also,” is what impacted Gandhi’s perspective of how to fight back the resistance. However, Gandhi is not implying that the Indian people should just take blows willingly from the British. Instead, the goal is to force the British to see that violence will not achieve the results they wish for. If the British keep striking an Indian man, but that Indian man does not strike back or raise an arm to mitigate the amount of imminent pain about to be inflicted upon him, the British will stop since violence is not working. In short, the …show more content…
Gandhi exhibited swaraj numerous times to help build up the population conforming to the salt satyagraha. Upon his arrival back in India, Gandhi travelled across India to find out her situation. As Gandhi travelled, he eventually ditched the lawyer attire he was accustomed to. Instead, he opted for robes and loin cloth that were common amongst the massive population of India. In addition, if he ever travelled by train, he always travelled third class with the rest of the Indians as opposed to how he used to travel first class in Britain. Furthermore, he encouraged the Indian population to refrain from being under the British influence in terms attire. As a result, a huge burning event of English clothes commenced and the population resorted to only wearing homespun clothes made by Indians for Indians. When the Salt March actually commenced, Gandhi and his followers passed through several towns and villages. In some of the towns and villages, there were rows of people lined outside of buildings who were spinning clothes. When the crowd reached the coast city of Dandi, it was revealed that the location was not gorgeous. Instead, it was quite ugly and Gandhi admitted so. Even though the British were making profit from injustices such as the Salt Acts, it was apparent that they did nothing to address the poverty-stricken India even though it was a part of the British Empire. Once the
It was due to the guidance of Gandhi himself and his principles on nonviolence that freed India from the clutches of the occupying British rule. Gandhi’s concept of resistance through nonviolence or ahimsa is what fueled the independence movement for India. However, Gandhi did not come up with that principle himself. Instead, when Gandhi came up with the principle of ahimsa, he was influenced by Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. In particular, the commandment of nonviolence which states “if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also,” is what impacted Gandhi’s perspective of how to fight back the resistance. However, Gandhi is not implying that the Indian people should just take blows willingly from the British. Instead, the goal is to force the British to see that violence will not achieve the results they wish for. If the British keep striking an Indian man, but that Indian man does not strike back or raise an arm to mitigate the amount of imminent pain about to be inflicted upon him, the British will stop since violence is not working. In short, the …show more content…
Gandhi exhibited swaraj numerous times to help build up the population conforming to the salt satyagraha. Upon his arrival back in India, Gandhi travelled across India to find out her situation. As Gandhi travelled, he eventually ditched the lawyer attire he was accustomed to. Instead, he opted for robes and loin cloth that were common amongst the massive population of India. In addition, if he ever travelled by train, he always travelled third class with the rest of the Indians as opposed to how he used to travel first class in Britain. Furthermore, he encouraged the Indian population to refrain from being under the British influence in terms attire. As a result, a huge burning event of English clothes commenced and the population resorted to only wearing homespun clothes made by Indians for Indians. When the Salt March actually commenced, Gandhi and his followers passed through several towns and villages. In some of the towns and villages, there were rows of people lined outside of buildings who were spinning clothes. When the crowd reached the coast city of Dandi, it was revealed that the location was not gorgeous. Instead, it was quite ugly and Gandhi admitted so. Even though the British were making profit from injustices such as the Salt Acts, it was apparent that they did nothing to address the poverty-stricken India even though it was a part of the British Empire. Once the