Sunday, February 11, 2007

Gandhi



Gandhi helped India gain Independence from Great Britain by encouraging Indians to boycott British goods and only buy Indian goods instead. In the years 1922, 1930, 1933 and 1942 Gandhi was imprisoned.On the other hand while he was imprisoned he went on a hunger strike. In the year 1920 when the british when the British government had failed to amends, Gandhi had organized a campaign of non-cooperation. But the Indians in the public office did not accept. The British East India Company had considerded salt taxes something necessary. Gandhi being telling people to pick up salt from the earth or distil it from the sea as their natural right. Ganshi had a philosophy of non-violence t hat had to be expressed through civil disobedience.

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