“Gandhi was imprisoned for eight months under the terms of a law dating back to 1827, which did not require a trial or sentencing. ”(Gandhi Leads the Salt March, 1930) Although this seems insignificant, it was a turning point in the fight against Britain because Gandhi’s imprisonment was the spark that eventually led to the people of India finally fighting
Starting in the 1870s, countries in Africa such as Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and India, Vietnam, in Asia were being colonized by the British. In order to gain their independence back they took non-violent and militant actions. Though both strategies were successful one was more successful that the other. Non-violent actions were successful in peacefully getting the countries independence. In document 1, a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi to lord Irwin in 1930 before marching to the sea and breaking the British Salt Tax he states, “Even the salt the peasants must use to live is so taxed as to make the burden fall heaviest on him…
Mahatma Gandhi Manav Patel Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi was a humanitarian who used peaceful topics to fight for the freedom of India. He walked 250 miles from his Ashram to Dandi, a coast off of Eastern India. He then proceeded to pick up a lump of salt, thereby defying British Law. This story leads us to ask the question, why did Gandhi’s nonviolent movement work? Basically, he could convince the people to join him instead of killing off nonbelievers.
This tactic allows Chavez to gain credibility, which strengthens his overall argument that peaceful protest is key to truly changing the world. He continues to portray nonviolence in a favorable light by using Mahatma Gandhi as a prevalent historical example. Gandhi is a famous advocate for nonviolent protest, as he successfully gained India’s independence from Britain in the 1940s. With the use of Gandhi’s example, Chavez proves that nonviolent tactics can be truly effective in bringing forth change, and can even suppress the violence to create peace. Directly following this example however, Chavez illustrates the detrimental effects that a violent conflict has on a community.
According to “Letter to Viceroy” by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi states that “It has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation… reduced politically to serfdom… sapped foundations of our culture… degraded us spiritually”. This shows that Gandhi must achieve true freedom from British’s ruling through non-violence. Based on “Letter to Viceroy” by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi states that “For my ambition is not less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India. I do not seek to harm your people”. This demonstrates Gandhi say that India will protest non-violence to show British what they done to India.
A speech written and spoken by a cultural leader beloved by many Indians who brought independence to India. “Defending Nonviolent Resistance”, by Mohandas Gandhi, delivered a speech to the appointed judge, and the audience at his trial on March 10th, 1922, which was heavily directed towards the British government’s discrimination toward Indians. Gandhi wrote this speech to incite non-violent change in the government which would also influence change in India. He attempted this for years throughout his life when he realized how corrupt the British government was toward Indians and he wanted his audience to see the wrongdoings of the government. He uses ethos, pathos, and logos to show what the British government has done to India and its people
Gandhi convinced the Indians that he could get them their independence. They would get their independence long as they didn't cooperate. Gandhi used a couple of lines from the Declaration of Independence that in other words meant, “if a law is unjust, then it is not a law.” Gandhi also told his people that in order to pretext they had to be willing to get jail time. Gandhi's methods worked because both his people and him were uncooperative.
Although, violently fighting the British may have eventually won India its independence, Gandhi choosing to be nonviolent caused India to learn how to do things on its own while still reaching its goal of actually being independent from the British significantly faster. Gandhi’s use of nonviolence was because he didn't want to hurt anyone, he just wanted India to be independent. Going to jail gained Gandhi attention, followers and respect, and lastly, Gandhi not seeing the British as his enemy contributed to a more peaceful way on how to gain India’s freedom. Gandhi doing this caused India to eventually gain it’s independence in
Mohandas Gandhi was a “key figure in the Indian struggle for independence.” He worked to use nonviolent ways to fight for equality and change in India. Gandhi was able to unite many groups and “inspired the common people of India to work for change.” In addition, Gandhi advocated using a more traditional approach (Wadley 202). Although Mohandas Gandhi 's satyagraha campaign caused violence, his advocacy for those who were discriminated against in Indian society led to the initial unification of India to gain independence from Great Britain.
Jennifer Lopez- World Leader of Music Throughout history there have been many world leaders. These leaders are the ones who have excelled in various fields. Usually a successful leader is a person who has been on a journey of some kind. The definition of a journey is defined as “travel from one place to another” (The American Heritage Dictionary).
Gandhi practiced means of non-violent protest in order to obtain the goals he shared with his followers and partners. Mahatma Gandhi actively led in boycotts, fasts, and marches that disobeyed the current governments ("Mahatma Gandhi" 4). It was Gandhi’s ambition to obtain societal liberties through the resistance of laws viewed to be unjust. Through his actions of non-violent protest, Gandhi was able to provide a positive impact by ensuring the success of India’s independence from English
Due to the race inequality along with the economic regulations among the Indian people, Gandhi’s ambition from the beginning of simply just wanting equality between the Indian and British transition to wanting India to become Independence. He wanted to give the Indian citizen a voice in the government and a chance to define their own nation. The Indian people lose their political power in terms of how the British authorities were exercising their power over them, implementing policies according to their own rules and administrating over the Indian’s resources. Gandhi throughout the film had the desire to help gain back India’s political power and it revolves around his method of passive resistance and self-sacrifice. He belief in “an eye for an eye only makes people blind” is what helped him achieve freedom for India without any violence involve.
We also looked at the founder of this nonviolent movement and from a psychological perspective. When Gandhi and his followers were marching the British military came and began to severely beat Gandhi’s followers. From a psychological perspective however Gandhi encouraged his followers to not respond with acts of violence because that only lead to losing against the
that violence just leads to more violence which makes the situation in question go nowhere. A well-known activist that was leader of the Indian independence movement during the time of British rule was Mahatma Gandhi who solidly supported non-violence throughout his campaigns. In the speech, Quit India, delivered in August 8, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gives his outlook on the path the nation should take in regards of the political situation of India. Gandhi is able to influence his audience through the use of rhetorical devices by applying hyperbole, metaphor, and religion in order to encourage the people of India to peacefully revolt against the British in an effort to obtain their independence. Initially, Gandhi integrates hyperbole showing that not only does he have a great amount of emotions he wants to share out, but that he is not ashamed to express how he is really feeling.
Date Accessed 4 May 2017 Source C deals with the non-cooperation movement of 1920–22 in which Gandhi sought to induce the British government of India to grant self-government to govern themselves. It was one of Gandhi’s first organized acts of large-scale civil disobedience (satyagraha). This was brought about by the widespread outcry in India over the massacre at Amritsar in April 1919. The massacre relates to British troops killing hundreds of Indians resulting in widespread anger due to little or no consequence against the perpetrators.
