Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Mohandas K. Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader in India. He was born October 2nd 1869 and he was assassinated January 30 1948. Gandhi had a nick name, it was Mahatma, which meant Great Soul. Gandhi did many things for his country. He led protests, which were friendly. He spoke of non-violence because he thought that if you did not use violence against the police or the English, they would be at fault for hitting them if they didnt do anything. He used this method effectively because the less violence that the indians did, the more it made England look bad when the press from the United States arrived. Gandhi helped them gain their independence with all the protests and then what ended it all was the salt marchn which made an impact when most of india walked to the sea and made salt for their own use, or to sell instead of using the salt made at the salt works.

I think Indias indepence was highly influence by Mohandas Gandhi. This is because Gandhi gave them the hope and will power to avoid using non-violence in the protests and to never give up. As shown in the movie , he never gave up on his people. He went to jail alot for his people because of the little laws they broke when they protested ( burn travel pases, make salt etc. ) Also he didnt buy any of the governments clothes which was a big influence to the independence of India. I think the Indians without gandhi would of got their independence, but not for a while because not many people believe in non-violence until Gandhi promoted it to the people for decades.