Gandhi and his ways of thinking

Who was Gandhi?

Gandhi was a leader of the Indian Independence movement against British rule in South Africa who supported for the civil rights of Indians. Born in Porbandar, India he studied law. Below was a picture of Gandhi when he was studying to be a lawyer but was not able to succeed in that path because he blanked when he was in a courtroom case and failed to do his part.

Although his law career didn’t plan out how he wanted it to be, Gandhi made a huge impact throughout the time of 1857. The Indian Independence movement was a series of activities to stop the British Indian Empire from taking over. Certain idea like the British Raj and the East Indian Company Rule is what influenced Gandhi to take a stand and make a stop to this.

Leader of the Indian Movement

Gandhi believed that he wanted to free India with religious tolerance and accept all faiths. He organized a non-violent protest and embraced all Indians of all classes and religion. Gandhi made a boycott of British goods. What Gandhi did was take off all the clothes he had and told everyone who agreed with this movement to do the same thing because it was made by the British. The British believed they were superior especially because of the clothing that they made which gave the idea to Gandhi to burn the clothing. He then told the people on his side to start learning how to do everything on their own so they won’t depend on the British anymore. Gandhi was then arrested for sedition for about 2 years.

Above is  a picture of Gandhi with people like peasants helping spread the movement around India.

Salt March

This was a of civil disobedience act. British would charge a large amount of tax just for salt. Gandhi nonviolently told his people to stop buying salt from the British because they were already in poverty, to save money he went to the beach and would get sea salt or picked up natural salt from the mud to save money.

Gandhi announced his resistance for this campaign of Satyagraha or civil resistance. (Satya– truth ; graha– insistence or holding firmly)

Legacy

Even throughout the arrests and the assassination of Gandhi, his commitment to living simple and non violence made many changes in India. His actions inspired more movements and legends like Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S. This is important to us now because movements like those help make the world a better place. What we have and what we do now is because of certain movements that were done.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

-Gandhi