Indian independence movement

violence is never the answer. Mohandas Gandhi is one of the best known examples in history to demonstrate the idea of peaceful protest. In the 1930's, Britain was in control of India, thus allowing them to pass the Salt Acts. These acts “prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple…

historical figures of the 20th century. As a civil rights activist, Gandhi led India to its independence after years of British colonization. While doing so, Gandhi never used violence. Instead, he organized strikes, boycotts, and used civil disobedience to achieve his goal. In the process of leading India’s independence movement, Gandhi sought to change stereotypes the British held towards the Indians and succeeded in doing so. These racist generalizations were often used to justify the…

Riceville High School John Miller Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi was a civil rights activist in the country of India that was controlled by Great Britain prior to World War II. If not for Gandhi, India may have not gained their independence from Great Britain. India was not the country it is today. The city was just awful, everybody was going hungry, people were being enslaved for no reason, but Gandhi cured that. Gandhi didn’t attack the enemy, he took an approach that…

oppression has touched many societies, great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Dalai Lama, and Nelson Mandela have used methods of passive resistance to promote equality in their nations. Mahatma Gandhi executed different ways to change the injustice Indians experienced in India and South Africa. Gandhi can be considered an important individual because of his ability to combat discrimination in a peaceful manner. The first Anglo-Boer War, also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the…

Gandhi's early life helped shape him into what he would soon be known for. His life in South Africa exposed him to racial discrimination and encouraged him to make a change. Gandhi was held back because he was Indian. In a court in Durban, South Africa, Gandhi was told to remove his turban and he decided to refuse and had to leave. This is important because Gandhi knew the way he and many others were being treated poorly and they had to do something. His family shaped him for a successful future…

one of the most innovative and visionary leaders in the history of our world. The leader to peace, and the father of India’s nation, Mahatma Ghandi. Through nonviolent civil disobedience, Ghandi was able to lead India to independence as he controlled the civil rights movement against the British. He surely is insightful when it comes to humanity. All through the road to freedom and peace, all through the struggles and pain, all through the blood and the tears, he was desperate to accomplish…

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the world blind” Mahatma Karachand Gandhi or simply known as “Gandhi” was a revered activist in Indian immigration in South Africa within the early 1900s. He dedicated the greater part of his life to civil rights within his country and gradually worked up to influencing the world. Gandhi became a leading model in expressing India’s struggle with Britain and challenged authority in several accounts. He’s fought against the masses with the help of his…

Human desire is like an unfulfilled promise that never stops, that such a truth, nobody can deny it, even those reading this would agree with me that as I have some desires, so as you. This essay would give readers an idea what I really desire for and why. To most readers “money” would be the most desired requirements to fulfill the promises or needs and why not, money can buy anything even love. As for me, I have three desires, I would love to see one day happening, and it does not require…

that can be directly connected to someone. Although both Martin Luther King, author of “Letter From Birmingham City Jail” and a strong advocate for African American rights, and Gandhi, author of the “Dandi March Speech” and leader of the Indian Independence Movement, both use rhetoric to further convey their message of equality and nonviolent direct action to their audience, King’s passion infused diction is ultimately more convincing than Gandhi’s logical approach. While using…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was a revolutionary Indian leader who used his great power for social reform. He played an active role in the struggle for independence of India by resisting through mass non-violent civil disobedience. Through his efforts, the Indian community broke free from British rule, after being subjected to discrimination and unjust ruling for centuries. After facing racial discrimination in South Africa in the late nineteenth century, he decided to devote his life…