In 1919, a British commander killed 379 people, wounding 1,200 when he open fired on an unarmed crowd. (Vellacott, 2013) This innocent made Gandhi upset but he knew he had to fight back in a nonviolent way. A year later he announced a campaign saying that the people of India should boycott all British colonial institutions and imported goods. When researching this conflict it was very clear that Gandhi wanted it to be nonviolent because when violence broke out he would postpone his campaign until the violence would stop. In 1929 after Gandhi spend two years in jail the British government still refused to grant independence. Gandhi did not let this stop him, instead he set out on a 240 mile march with 78 followers to the salt pans. (Vellacott, 2013) The salt was very symbolic for the goods in India. When Gandhi finally reached the salt he was arrested along with 60,000 other people that joined in on the march along the way. In 1947, India finally gained independence from Great Britain. (Vellacott, 2013) The purpose of Gandhi’s nonviolent movement was to gain independence in India and make the poor less vulnerable to victimization. His method was very peaceful, he boycotted imported goods, the British Colonial Institutions such as school, courts and legislative councils, and held a 240 mile march. Gandhi’s philosophy viewed nonviolence, just as powerful as violence. In the end it may have been more powerful, since he was able to get Britain to decolonize from
In 1919, a British commander killed 379 people, wounding 1,200 when he open fired on an unarmed crowd. (Vellacott, 2013) This innocent made Gandhi upset but he knew he had to fight back in a nonviolent way. A year later he announced a campaign saying that the people of India should boycott all British colonial institutions and imported goods. When researching this conflict it was very clear that Gandhi wanted it to be nonviolent because when violence broke out he would postpone his campaign until the violence would stop. In 1929 after Gandhi spend two years in jail the British government still refused to grant independence. Gandhi did not let this stop him, instead he set out on a 240 mile march with 78 followers to the salt pans. (Vellacott, 2013) The salt was very symbolic for the goods in India. When Gandhi finally reached the salt he was arrested along with 60,000 other people that joined in on the march along the way. In 1947, India finally gained independence from Great Britain. (Vellacott, 2013) The purpose of Gandhi’s nonviolent movement was to gain independence in India and make the poor less vulnerable to victimization. His method was very peaceful, he boycotted imported goods, the British Colonial Institutions such as school, courts and legislative councils, and held a 240 mile march. Gandhi’s philosophy viewed nonviolence, just as powerful as violence. In the end it may have been more powerful, since he was able to get Britain to decolonize from