Mohandas Gandhi Used passive resistance - non-violent strategies to demand Indian self-rule. Boycotting British cotton Making their own salt rather then paying the British salt tax Strikes like the day of prayer Nationalism

Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi led India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain. He encouraged the practice of nonviolence, ahimsa. Under Gandhi’s leadership, millions of Indians participated in nonviolent resistance against British rule. Gandhi led fasts, protest marches, and boycotts of British goods.

Gandhi’s non-violent speech

The British monopoly on the salt trade in India dictated that the sale or production of salt by anyone but the British government was a criminal offense punishable by law. Salt was readily accessible to labourers in the coastal area, but they were instead forced to pay money for a mineral which they could easily collect themselves for free. The British ended up imprisioning over 60,000 people, including Gandhi, for this illegal activity.

Gandhi Movie – Salt Works

Alas, Independence Although Gandhi’s protests were peaceful, the British imprisoned him and INC officials on several occasions. Riots began to erupt regularly. This convinced the British that maintaining control of India was too costly. Gandhi’s efforts were successful. India won independence from Britain in 1947.

Independence At Last! British colonial rule in India ended in 1947. But a newly independent India encountered problems.

Partition of India 1947

Gandhi is Assassinated