in his communities, and did so without using violence. Ghandi had grown up worshipping Vishnu and followed Jainism which was a morally rigorous religion that had strong beliefs in nonviolence, fasting, meditation, and vegetarianism. Growing up as a devout follower of Jainism helped create the conscious mind that we all know that Ghandi had. Ghandi practiced nonviolence and as a pacifist he created and organized many groups to protest and fight against the violence that changed the way people thought of resistance movements. As part of his nonviolent non-cooperation campaign for India, Gandhi stressed the significance of economic independence for India. He mostly advocated the manufacture of khaddar, which was a homespun sloth, and did so in