Throughout his life Mahatma Gandhi transformed a social movement during British Imperialism. He enforced the ideas of non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “ Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of a man.” This quote is important because it shows how Gandhi encouraged non-violent acts. For instance, On March 2, 1930, Gandhi wrote a letter to Viceroy Lord Irwin . Beginning with “Dear Friend,” Gandhi went on to explain why he viewed British rule as a “curse”
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Civil disobedience refusing to obey a law in hopes of influencing the government to change that law. He was kept in prison for nearly two years. While in jail, Gandhi read the essay “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century American writer, and adopted the term “civil disobedience” to describe his strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice. Following his release, he continued to protest the registration law by supporting labor strikes and organizing a massive non-violent march. Gandhi led the movement for independence in India by using nonviolent civil …show more content…
Although by itself it failed to bring Indian independence, it seriously undermined British authority and united India’s population in a movement for independence under the leadership of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was a unifying force in a fictionalised nation. In World War II Britain called for Indian men to fight for them, but Gandhi asked for independence in exchange and the British put the entire Indian National Congress in jail. Indian soldiers fought anyway, but the war made Britain even weaker, and India's fighting abilities stronger. After the war, Britain tried to keep control of India and its money by promising more rights for Indians, but more and more Indians participated in the huge non-violent demonstrations Gandhi led to end the hated salt tax and pressure Britain for full independence. Finally, India gained its liberty and became a free country at midnight between August 14 and August 15,
Civil disobedience refusing to obey a law in hopes of influencing the government to change that law. He was kept in prison for nearly two years. While in jail, Gandhi read the essay “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century American writer, and adopted the term “civil disobedience” to describe his strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice. Following his release, he continued to protest the registration law by supporting labor strikes and organizing a massive non-violent march. Gandhi led the movement for independence in India by using nonviolent civil …show more content…
Although by itself it failed to bring Indian independence, it seriously undermined British authority and united India’s population in a movement for independence under the leadership of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was a unifying force in a fictionalised nation. In World War II Britain called for Indian men to fight for them, but Gandhi asked for independence in exchange and the British put the entire Indian National Congress in jail. Indian soldiers fought anyway, but the war made Britain even weaker, and India's fighting abilities stronger. After the war, Britain tried to keep control of India and its money by promising more rights for Indians, but more and more Indians participated in the huge non-violent demonstrations Gandhi led to end the hated salt tax and pressure Britain for full independence. Finally, India gained its liberty and became a free country at midnight between August 14 and August 15,