Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey the governments demands in a nonviolent and collective means of forcing concessions from the government. Civil disobedience has been how people have been able to get their ideas across This belief originated from a long line of beliefs and ideas of peace. It is believed to have started around 470-399 B.C.E. One of the many political activist leaders who used this idea was Mahatma Gandhi. “Mahatma Gandhi (October 2, 1869 to January 30, 1948) was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians.” (404 Error.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898]). Gandhi used
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He was given the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at birth but because of how well known he was for protesting peacefully he was given the name Mahatma Gandhi. He grew up in India believing in the religion Jainism (“Jainism (pronounced jayn-izm), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is a dharmic religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still practiced today by several million people.”(Jainism.”Jainism-NewWorldEncyclopedia, www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Jainism.) In 1888, Gandhi moved to London so he could go attend University of London to study law. Gandhi eventually toke a trip to South Africa a realized that there was much Segregation against Indians. When he went back too India he was praised and seen as an activist and political leader. He later help fight for the destruction of the strict social class system because he thought it unfair and fought for laws he found ridiculous and unjust. For example, one of the many things he fought for was the salt law. There was a law that said Indians could not make their own salt even though they were surrounded by water they had to buy it from the British. So, he set up a march and walked to the ocean to make salt. He later however went to prison for breaking a law. After living a full life and fighting for many Indian right and helping India Gain civil rights and freedom he died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi, India after being assassinated by
He was given the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at birth but because of how well known he was for protesting peacefully he was given the name Mahatma Gandhi. He grew up in India believing in the religion Jainism (“Jainism (pronounced jayn-izm), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is a dharmic religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still practiced today by several million people.”(Jainism.”Jainism-NewWorldEncyclopedia, www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Jainism.) In 1888, Gandhi moved to London so he could go attend University of London to study law. Gandhi eventually toke a trip to South Africa a realized that there was much Segregation against Indians. When he went back too India he was praised and seen as an activist and political leader. He later help fight for the destruction of the strict social class system because he thought it unfair and fought for laws he found ridiculous and unjust. For example, one of the many things he fought for was the salt law. There was a law that said Indians could not make their own salt even though they were surrounded by water they had to buy it from the British. So, he set up a march and walked to the ocean to make salt. He later however went to prison for breaking a law. After living a full life and fighting for many Indian right and helping India Gain civil rights and freedom he died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi, India after being assassinated by