The eyes of the world see Mohandas Gandhi as one of the most important idols of Indian and human history. Throughout his young life as a teen, he grew temporary habits for smoking and entered a quick phase grown from suicidal thoughts. Gandhi grew up the rule of the British which led him to have an English prejudice towards Indians. As he grew up, he studied law but was rather unsuccessful in setting up a career in India. Luckily, he received a job offer situated in a law firm in South Africa. On his train ride to South Africa, Gandhi’s personal experience of racial discrimination opens up his mind to become a leader of India’s independence movement. Gandhi had received a first class train ticket to travel to South Africa. Along the way, a
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The purpose of this strike is almost defined in the name itself. Mohandas Gandhi led a 240-mile march to the countryside in addition to the boycott held against the British salt monopoly. The British had proclaimed and made it official that the possession or production of salt not bought from the British salt monopoly comes with severe consequences that can reach as high as short prison sentences. With this law, Gandhi refused to consume salt from the British for six years. Gandhi had predicted that the attention of many people would be better acquired if the journey for salt was made on foot rather than automobile or train. This act of retaliation against the British called for the imprisonment, incarceration, and arrest of many revolutionary leaders in India; Gandhi was amongst one of …show more content…
Due to conflicting religious backgrounds, Muslims also wanted “independence” from India. Muslims and Hindus often came to unhealthy arguments and uproars that made the rift between these two religious groups greater. Eventually, The Muslims got their own country which is currently known to the world as Pakistan. Gandhi was not in favor of this decision, but it was in the best interest of the people that a part of India was to be forfeited to the Muslims as their new home in which they could have their own freedoms without much cultural differences or
The purpose of this strike is almost defined in the name itself. Mohandas Gandhi led a 240-mile march to the countryside in addition to the boycott held against the British salt monopoly. The British had proclaimed and made it official that the possession or production of salt not bought from the British salt monopoly comes with severe consequences that can reach as high as short prison sentences. With this law, Gandhi refused to consume salt from the British for six years. Gandhi had predicted that the attention of many people would be better acquired if the journey for salt was made on foot rather than automobile or train. This act of retaliation against the British called for the imprisonment, incarceration, and arrest of many revolutionary leaders in India; Gandhi was amongst one of …show more content…
Due to conflicting religious backgrounds, Muslims also wanted “independence” from India. Muslims and Hindus often came to unhealthy arguments and uproars that made the rift between these two religious groups greater. Eventually, The Muslims got their own country which is currently known to the world as Pakistan. Gandhi was not in favor of this decision, but it was in the best interest of the people that a part of India was to be forfeited to the Muslims as their new home in which they could have their own freedoms without much cultural differences or